Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 8:7
American Standard Version
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Amplified® Bible
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how {and} when it will be?
Contemporary English Version
though no one can tell the future.
Darby English Version
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Good News Bible
None of us knows what is going to happen, and there is no one to tell us.
King James Version
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
New American Standard Bible
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
New International Version
Since no man knows the future,
who can tell him what is to come?
New King James Version
For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
Revised Standard Version
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
Young's Literal Translation
For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?