Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also am I invited by her together with the king.
Ecclesiastes 8:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how and when it will be? American Standard Version (1901) for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be? Common English Bible because no one knows what will happen, and no one can say when something might happen. Catholic Public Domain Version For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger. |
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also am I invited by her together with the king.
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And who knoweth the destruction of them both?
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?
For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath even made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out any thing that shall be after him.
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this; that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
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, even so, are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,