Ecclesiastes 8:7 · KJV
“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}”
— Ecclesiastes 8:7
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
{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. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
Ecclesiastes 8 — Context
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how 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. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
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 ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Cross References
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? {is full...: Heb. multiplieth words}
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.
Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
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? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}
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,
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that {there is} nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that {is} his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Matthew 25:6-13
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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