Ecclesiastes 8:7
Old Testament • 2 words with Strong's data
"For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →Cross References
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u...
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
For who knoweth what is good for man in this 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?
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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