Ecclesiastes 8:7

“For he does not know what will be; for how it will be, who will tell him?”

Ecclesiastes 8:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 8:7, word by word

knowיֹדֵעַyodea

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yodea” appears
will beיִּהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
will tell himיַגִּידyagid

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

Where else “yagid” appears

The context

6For for every matter there is a time and judgment, for the evil of the human being is great upon him.

7 · This verse (above)

8There is no human being with power over the breath to retain the breath, nor is there power over the day of death, nor is there discharge in war, nor will wickedness deliver its owners.

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