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Ecclesiastes 8:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Yet no one knows what will happen  because who can tell him what will happen?

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yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?


that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know.


For certainly no one knows his time:  like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap,  so people are trapped in an evil time  as it suddenly falls on them.


for destruction will come suddenly from them; who knows what distress these two can bring?


This is why you are also to be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.


For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?  Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?


I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities  because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?  ,


One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly – beyond recovery.


In the day of prosperity be joyful,  but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other,  so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.


‘What’s more,’ Haman added, ‘Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she had prepared. I am invited again tomorrow to join her with the king.


Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.


Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.  People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.





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