Ecclesiastes 9:12
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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. A meditation on the common fate of death that overtakes righteous and wicked alike. The living know they will die but the dead know nothing and have no portion in what happens under the sun. Therefore enjoy life with the …
Other Translations
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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these <FI>are<Fi> the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.
Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
Cross References
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is …
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of …
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose …
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come …