Chuándàoshū 8:7

7 Tā bù zhīdào jiānglái de shì , yīnwei jiānglái rúhé , shuí néng gàosu tā ne .

Chuándàoshū 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he knoweth not that which shall be
Or that "it shall be" ^F2; that he ever shall have the opportunity again he has lost, nor what is to come hereafter; what shall be on the morrow, or what shall befall him in the remaining part of his days; what troubles and sorrows he shall meet with, or what will be the case and circumstances of his family after his death; for who can tell him when it shall be?
or "how it shall be" ^F3? how it will be with him or his; no one that pretends to judicial astrology, or to the art of divination, or any such devices, can tell him what is to come; future things are only certainly known by God; none but he can tell what will certainly come to pass; see ( Ecclesiastes 3:22 ) ( 6:12 ) ; Jarchi interprets it of a man's not considering for what God will bring him to judgment, and that no man can tell him the vengeance and punishment that will be inflicted.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (hyhyv hm) "quod futurum est", Pagninus, Montanus.
F3 (hyhy rvak) "quo modo", Junius & Tremellius, Gejerus, Rambachius, so Broughton.

Chuándàoshū 8:7 In-Context

5 Fán zūnshǒu mìnglìng de , bì bù jīnglì huòhuàn . zhìhuì rén de xīn , néng biàn míng shíhou hé déng lǐ . ( yuánwén zuò shĕnpàn xià jié tóng )

6 Gèyàng shì wù chéngjiù , dōu yǒushíhou hé déng lǐ . yīnwei rén de kǔnàn , zhòng yē zaì tā shēnshang .

7 Tā bù zhīdào jiānglái de shì , yīnwei jiānglái rúhé , shuí néng gàosu tā ne .

8 Wú rén yǒu quán lì zhǎng guǎn shēngmìng , jiāng shēngmìng liú zhù . yĕ wú rén yǒu quán lì zhǎng guǎn sǐ qī . zhè cháng zhēng zhàn , wú rén néng miǎn , xiéè yĕ bùnéng jiù nà hǎo xíng xiéè de rén .

9 Zhè yīqiè wǒ dōu jiàn guo . yĕ zhuān xīn chákǎo rì guāng zhī Xiàsuǒ zuò de yīqiè shì . yǒu shí zhè rén guǎnxiá nà rén , líng rén shòu haì .