Ecclesiastes 8:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

KJV

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?when…: or, how it shall be?

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

For he does not know that which will be, for when it will be who declares to him?

YLT

For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

DBY

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

DRC

Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.

GNV

For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

JPS

For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?

LXXE

For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־אֵינֶ֥נּוּ יֹדֵ֖עַ מַה־שֶּׁיִּֽהְיֶ֑ה כִּ֚י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יִֽהְיֶ֔ה מִ֖י יַגִּ֥יד לֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι γινώσκων τί τὸ ἐσόμενον, ὅτι καθὼς ἔσται, τίς ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτῷ;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
• Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• Proverbs 24:22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
• Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Matthew 24:44For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
• Matthew 25:6–13At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going…
• Ecclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:1–3Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,”…

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