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Ecclesiastes 8:7

American Standard Version

for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

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Ecclesiastes 8:7 in other translations

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

Ecclesiastes 8:7 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 8:7 in context

  1. 5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment:
  2. 6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
  3. 7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
  4. 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.
  5. 9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.