Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Yet no one knows what will happen
New American Standard Bible
If no one
King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
International Standard Version
For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about?
A Conservative Version
For he knows not that which shall be, for who can tell him how it shall be?
American Standard Version
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Amplified
For no one knows what will happen;
So who can tell him how and when it will happen?
Bible in Basic English
No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?
Darby Translation
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Julia Smith Translation
For he will not know what shall be: for as it shall be who shall announce to him?
King James 2000
For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely no one knows what will be, so who can tell anyone what will happen?
Modern King James verseion
For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? A man knoweth not what is for to come: for who will tell him?
NET Bible
Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
New Heart English Bible
For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
The Emphasized Bible
For there is no one who knoweth what shall be, for, when it shall be, who will tell him?
Webster
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
World English Bible
For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Youngs Literal Translation
For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
No One Knows The Future
6
For every activity there is a right time and procedure,
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man certainly does not know his time:
Proverbs 24:22
who knows what distress these two can bring?
Ecclesiastes 10:14
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
Proverbs 29:1
after many reprimands
will be shattered instantly—
beyond recovery.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities
Matthew 24:44
Matthew 24:50
Matthew 25:6-13
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
About the times and the seasons: