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Ecclesiastes 8:7
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:7
New English Translation
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- Ecclesiastes 8:7 tn Heb “what will be.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:7 tn Heb “Who can tell him what will be?”
Ecclesiastes 8:7
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7
New International Version
7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7
King James Version
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7
New King James Version
7 (A)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:7
English Standard Version
7 For he (A)does not know what is to be, for (B)who can tell him how it will be?
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