Ecclesiastes 8:7
For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
In Context
Cross References
Esther 5:12And Haman said, Moreover Esther the queen did bring in no one with the king into the banquet which she had prepared, saving myself,—yea moreover, even for to-morrow, I, am invited unto her, with the king.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22So I saw, that there was nothing better than that a man should be glad in his works, for, that, is his portion,—for who can bring him in, to look upon that which shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God,—neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him.
Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet, a foolish man, multiplieth words,—[though] no man knoweth that which hath been, and, that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Matthew 24:50The master of that servant, will have come, on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not observing,—
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:7-9
The Certainty of Death. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. Solomon had said ( v. 5 ) that a wise man's heart discerns time and judgment, that is, a man's… Read the whole commentary →