Key Verse Spotlight
Ecclesiastes 8:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}”
Ecclesiastes 8:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}
{There is} no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither {hath he} power in the day of death: and {there is} no discharge in {that} war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: {there is} a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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