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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי איננו ידע מה שיהיה כי כאשר יהיה מי יגיד לו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky Aynnv yd` mh SHyhyh ky kASHr yhyh my ygyd lv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quia ignorat praeterita et ventura nullo scire potest nuntio

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Authorized (King James) Version   
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
New King James Version   
For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur?
21st Century King James Version   
For he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Darby Bible Translation   
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
God's Word   
They don't know what the future will bring. So who can tell them how things will turn out?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Yet no one knows what will happen because who can tell him what will happen?
International Standard Version   
For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about?
NET Bible   
Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.
New American Standard Bible   
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
New International Version   
Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?
New Living Translation   
Indeed, how can people avoid what they don't know is going to happen?
Webster's Bible Translation   
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
The World English Bible   
For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Nobody knows what will happen in the future. Nobody can tell us about it.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?
New Life Version   
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
The Voice Bible   
For no one knows what is going to happen, so who can warn him before it does?
Living Bible   
Yes, there is a time and a way for everything, though man’s trouble lies heavy upon him; for how can he avoid what he doesn’t know is going to happen?
New Catholic Bible   
For he is ignorant of what the future holds, inasmuch as no one will make known to him what is in store.
Legacy Standard Bible   
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
for he does not know that which shall be; nor when it shall be. Who will teach it to him?
Christian Standard Bible   
Yet no one knows what will happen because who can tell him what will happen?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how and when it will be?
New Century Version   
They do not know what the future holds, and no one can tell them what will happen.
The Message   
Do what your king commands; you gave a sacred oath of obedience. Don’t worryingly second-guess your orders or try to back out when the task is unpleasant. You’re serving his pleasure, not yours. The king has the last word. Who dares say to him, “What are you doing?” Carrying out orders won’t hurt you a bit; the wise person obeys promptly and accurately. Yes, there’s a right time and way for everything, even though, unfortunately, we miss it for the most part. It’s true that no one knows what’s going to happen, or when. Who’s around to tell us?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
But no one knows what will be. Indeed, who can tell him what will be?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?
Good News Translation®   
None of us knows what is going to happen, and there is no one to tell us.
Wycliffe Bible   
for he knoweth not [the] things passed, and he may not know by any messenger [the] things to come.
Contemporary English Version   
though no one can tell the future.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?
Common English Bible © 2011   
because no one knows what will happen, and no one can say when something might happen.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For no one knows what will happen; So who can tell him how and when it will happen?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
that they are ignorant of what is to come; for who will make known to them how it will be?
New American Standard Bible   
If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?
The Expanded Bible   
They do not know what the future holds, and no one can tell them ·what [or when it] will happen.
Tree of Life Version   
Since no one knows what will be, who can tell when it will happen?
Revised Standard Version   
For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be?
New International Reader's Version   
No one knows what lies ahead. So who can tell someone else what’s going to happen?
BRG Bible   
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Complete Jewish Bible   
by uncertainty over the future; even when the event takes place, who will tell them about it?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For he has no da’as of that which shall be; for who can tell him how it will be?
Names of God Bible   
They don’t know what the future will bring. So who can tell them how things will turn out?
Modern English Version   
For he does not know what will happen; for who can declare to him what will occur?
Easy-to-Read Version   
and you are not sure what will happen. No one can tell you what will happen in the future.
International Children’s Bible   
They do not know what the future holds. No one can tell them what will happen.
Lexham English Bible   
Surely no one knows what will be, so who can tell anyone what will happen?
New International Version - UK   
Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?