Ecclesiastes 8:7

A Conservative Version

For he knows not that which shall be, for who can tell him how it shall be?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Matthew 24:50

the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware,

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also does not know 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 falls suddenly upon them.

Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?

Matthew 24:44

Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:22

Therefore 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?

Proverbs 29:1

He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

Esther 5:12

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself, and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

Proverbs 27:1

Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

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. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.