Ecclesiastes 8:7
King James Version (KJV)
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
In context
5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:7 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
- WEB World English Bible
- For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
- ASV American Standard Version
- for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
- DBY Darby Translation
- for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
- WBS Webster Bible
- For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?