Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

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WEBBE

For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

BSB

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

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כִּי־ ki- for H3588 אֵינֶנּוּ 'ei·ne·nu not he H369 יֹדֵעַ yo·de·a' [is] knowing H3045 מַה־ mah- what H4100 שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה shei·yih·yeh that will it be H1961 כִּי ki that H3588 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 יִהְיֶה yih·yeh it will be H1961 מִי mi who H4310 יַגִּיד ya·gid will he tell H5046 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033

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Ignorance

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.