Catholic Public Domain Version
"For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger. "
— Ecclesiastes 8:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”
“for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be? ”
“For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?”
“Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.”
“Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.”
“No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?”
“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”
And his word is filled with authority. Neither is anyone able to say to him: “Why are you acting this way?”
Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
For he is ignorant of the past, and he is able to know nothing of the future by means of a messenger.
It is not in the power of a man to prohibit the spirit, nor does he have authority over the day of death, nor is he permitted to rest when war breaks out, and neither will impiety save the impious.
I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.
I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.