Ecclesiastes 8:7

Modern

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Traditional

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Literal

Indeed, he is not knowing what will happen; for when it will be, who can declare it to him?

Latin

…quia ignorat præterita, et futura nullo scire potest nuntio.

Hebrew

English

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Our strength, goodness, and wisdom cannot prevent disasters, so choosing wickedness would be pointless.

Ecclesiastes 10:14
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Matthew 24:50
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Proverbs 24:22
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Matthew 24:44
For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Matthew 25:6–13
At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
1 Thessalonians 5:1–3
Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.