Ecclesiastes 9:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For man also knows not his time [of death]: as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when [calamity] falls suddenly upon them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Common English Bible

¹² People most definitely don’t know when their time will come. Like fish tragically caught in a net or like birds trapped in a snare, so are human beings caught in a time of tragedy that suddenly falls to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Referencias Cruzadas

1 Thessalonians 5:3

2 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:

Proverbs 29:6

3 The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both.

2 Timothy 2:26

But they shall proceed no farther; for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as theirs also was.

2 Corinthians 6:2

1 Our mouth is open to you, O ye Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.

Proverbs 6:15

2 When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

2 Peter 2:12

1 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice, than after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.

1 Peter 2:12

1 For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

Luke 12:39

7 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Luke 12:20

8 Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith?

Isaiah 30:13

1 And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

All these things have I considered in my heart, that I might carefully understand them: there are just men and wise men, and their works are in the hand of God: and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthy of love, or hatred:

Psalm 11:6

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth refined seven times.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighhour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a fool is in his left hand.

Isaiah 24:18

Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.

Hosea 9:8

6 Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.

Proverbs 24:22

9 Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

5 Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

Ezekiel 32:3

1 For thus saith the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee,

Hosea 7:12

They have reigned, but not by me: they have been princes, and I knew not: of their silver, and their gold they have made idols to themselves, that they might perish.