Ecc 9:12 | ESV | STEP | For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

c[Prov. 29:6; Ezek. 12:13; Hos. 7:12; Luke 21:34, 35; 1 Thess. 5:3]

‏ Ecclesiastes 9:12

12 For man ^adoes not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and ^blike birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are ^csnared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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‏ Ecclesiastes 9:12Summary