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"Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen."
— Ecclesiastes 8:7, NET Bible
“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?”
“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?”
Surely the king’s authority is absolute; no one can say to him,“What are you doing?”
Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.
Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.
Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.