Ecclesiastes 8:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”

Ecclesiastes 8:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 8:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 8:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Ecclesiastes 8:7 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 8:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Ecclesiastes 8:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 8:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Ecclesiastes 8:7 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 8:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Ecclesiastes 8:7 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 8:7 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8

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.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:7 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 8:7 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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