Ecclesiastes 8:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about? ⁸ Just as no human being has control over the wind^[a] to restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who practice^[b] it.

⁹ I observed all this, and carefully considered everything that is undertaken on earth, especially the time when someone dominates another to his detriment.