Ecclesiastes 8:7

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

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⁷ For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 8:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 8:7