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For he doesn`t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
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Humanity's Limited Knowledge
Commentators explain that this verse highlights a fundamental human limitation: we do not know the future. We are ignorant of what will happen tomorrow, later in our lives, or even what will become of our families after we die. This ignorance is presented as a feature of God's wisdom, intended to keep us reliant on Him.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When - Or, as in the margin. For the meaning of this verse, compare marginal references.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he knows not that which shall be Or that "it shall be" F2 ; that he ever shall have the opportunity a…
God has, in wisdom, kept away from us the knowledge of future events, that we may always be ready for changes. We must all die; no flight or hiding…
