For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
For neither doth man knowe his time, but as the fishes which are taken in an euill net, and as the birdes that are caught in the snare: so are the children of men snared in the euill time when it falleth vpon them suddenly.
Parallel Translations
For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:3Luke 21:34–36Ecclesiastes 8:5–7Proverbs 29:6Proverbs 6:15Job 18:8–102 Timothy 2:26Proverbs 7:22–23Psalms 73:18–20Luke 12:202 Corinthians 6:2Habakkuk 1:14–17Psalms 11:6Luke 19:42–442 Peter 2:12
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