Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
Young's Literal Translation
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 delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
Cross References
Esther 5:12And Haman saith, 'Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king,
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
Matthew 24:50the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,
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 →