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Ecclesiastes 8:7

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For hee knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him, when it shall be?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For there is no one who knows that which has been; and who can tell him what will be after him?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
he knoweth 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
not x369
(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
that x4100
(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
which shall be: x7945
(7945) Complement
שֶׁל
shel
{shel}
For the relative H0834; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account of, what soever, which soever.
x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
who x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
can tell 5046
{5046} Prime
נָגַד
nagad
{naw-gad'}
A primitive root; properly to front, that is, stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically to expose, predict, explain, praise.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
him when x834
(0834) Complement
אֲשֶׁר
'asher
{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
it shall be? x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:7

_ _ he — the sinner, by neglecting times (for example, “the accepted time, and the day of salvation, 2 Corinthians 6:2), is taken by surprise by the judgment (Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 9:12). The godly wise observe the due times of things (Ecclesiastes 3:1), and so, looking for the judgment, are not taken by surprise, though not knowing the precise “when” (1 Thessalonians 5:2-4); they “know the time” to all saving purposes (Romans 13:11).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ecclesiastes 8:6-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For — Men are generally ignorant of future events, and therefore their minds are disquieted.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
he knoweth:

Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Proverbs 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Matthew 25:6-13 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. ... Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. ... For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

when:
or, how
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Pv 24:22; 29:1. Ec 6:12; 9:12; 10:14. Mt 24:44, 50; 25:6. 1Th 5:1.

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