Ecclesiastes 8:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?”
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“Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”
King James Version · Public Domain“for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 8:7 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 5:12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
- Proverbs 24:22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
- Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- 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?
- 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?
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
- 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 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
- Matthew 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
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