Ecclesiastes 8:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?

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  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For a man knoweth not his tyme, but like as the fyshe are take with the angle, and as the byrdes are catched wt the snare: Eue so are men taken in the perilous tyme, when it commeth sodenly vpon them.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?
  • Prov 24:22 : 22 for their destruccion shal come sodenly, & who knoweth ye fall of the both?
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therfore be ye ready also, for in the houre that ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.
  • Matt 24:50 : 50 The same seruautes lorde shal come in a daye, wha he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,
  • Matt 25:6-9 : 6 But at mydnight there was a crye made: Beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for to mete him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes. 8 But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out. 9 Then answered the wyse, and sayde: Not so, lest there be not ynough for vs and you, but go rather vnto them that sell, and bye for youre selues. 10 And whyle they wente to bye, the brydegrome came: and they that were readye, wente in with him vnto the mariage, and the gate was shut vp. 11 At ye last came ye other virgins also, and sayde: LORDE LORDE, opo vnto vs. 12 But he answered, and sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: I knowe you not. 13 Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre, whan ye sonne of man shal come.
  • 1 Thess 5:1-3 : 1 Bvt of ye tymes and seasons (brethre) it is no nede to wryte vnto you. 2 For ye youre selues knowe perfectly, that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte. 3 For whan they shal saye: Tush, It is peace, there is no daunger, then shall soden destruccion come vpo the, euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe, and they shal not escape.

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    10What is more excellent then man? yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier the he:

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    8Nether is there eny ma yt hath power ouer ye sprete, to kepe stil ye sprete, ner to haue eny power in the tyme of death: It is not he also that can make an ende of the batayll, nether maye vngodlynes delyuer him yt medleth withall.

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    16When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)

    17I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

  • Job 8:9
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    9Namely, yt we are but of yesterdaye, and considre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are buth a very shadow.

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    11So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder ye Sonne, and I sawe, that in runnynge, it helpeth not to be swift: in batayll, it helpeth not to be stronge: to fedynge, it helpeth not to be wyse: to riches, it helpeth not to be sutyll: to be had in fauoure, it helpeth not to be connynge: but that all lyeth in tyme & fortune.

    12For a man knoweth not his tyme, but like as the fyshe are take with the angle, and as the byrdes are catched wt the snare: Eue so are men taken in the perilous tyme, when it commeth sodenly vpon them.

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    14A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

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    5Now like as thou knowest not the waye of the wynde, ner how ye bones are fylled in a mothers wombe: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workemaster of all.

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    13Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge.

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    19for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

  • Jas 4:14
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    14& yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:

  • Eccl 3:21-22
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    21Who knoweth the sprete of man yt goeth vpwarde, and the breth of the beest yt goeth downe in to the earth?

    22Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

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    10Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, or thrust the together, who darre check him therfore?

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  • Eccl 8:1
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    1where as no man hath wy?dome & vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. Wy?dome maketh a mas face to shyne, but malice putteth it out of fauoure.