Ecclesiastes 8:7
What does Ecclesiastes 8:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 8:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
KJV
King James Version · 1611For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Context
v.6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
v.7This passage
v.8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Matthew 24:50
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
- Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
- Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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