Ecclesiastes 8:7
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
In Context
6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
Cross References
Esther 5:12Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also am I invited by her together with the king.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Matthew 24:50the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
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 →