Ecclesiastes 8:7

New International Reader's Version

No one knows what lies ahead. So who can tell someone else what’s going to happen?

Cross References

Esther 5:12

“And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to come with the king to the feast she gave. Now she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

Proverbs 24:22

The Lord and the king will suddenly destroy them. Who knows what trouble those two can bring?

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow. You don’t know what a day will bring.

Proverbs 29:1

Whoever still won’t obey after being warned many times will suddenly be destroyed. Nothing can save them.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So a person should enjoy their work. That’s what God made them for. I saw that there’s nothing better for them to do than that. After all, who can show them what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, here’s something to think about. God has made bad times. He has also made good times. So no one can find out anything about what’s ahead for them.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

I thought about all these things. I realized that those who are wise and do what is right are under God’s control. What they do is also under his control. But no one knows whether they will be loved or hated.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

No one knows when trouble will come to them. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don’t expect them.

Matthew 24:44

So you also must be ready. The Son of Man will come at an hour when you don’t expect him.

Matthew 24:50

The master of that slave will come back on a day the slave doesn’t expect him. He will return at an hour the slave does not know.