Ecclesiastes 9:12 - The Scriptures 2009

For even man does not know his time. Like fish taken in an evil net, and like birds caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared in an evil time, when it comes down on them suddenly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Cross References

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wrong He rains snares, Fire and sulphur and a scorching wind Are the portion of their cup.

Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity arises suddenly, And who knows the ruin of both of them?

Proverbs 29:6

An evil man is ensnared by transgression, But the righteous sings and rejoices.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore his calamity comes suddenly; Instantly he is broken, And there is no healing.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the event of the sons of men is also the event of beasts – one event befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Indeed, they all have one breath – man has no advantage over beasts. For all is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is filled in them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no one has power in the day of death. There is no discharge in battle, and wrongness does not release those who are given to it.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me:

Isaiah 24:18

And it shall be that he who flees from the noise of the fear falls into the pit, and he who comes up from the midst of the pit is caught in the snare. For the windows from on high shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth be shaken.

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this crookedness is to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, swiftly.”

Ezekiel 32:3

“Thus said the Master יהוה, ‘And I shall spread My net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they shall bring you up in My net.

Hosea 7:12

“When they go I spread My net over them, I bring them down like the birds of the heavens, I chastise them as their congregation has heard.

Hosea 9:8

Elohim’s watchman over you, Ephrayim, is the prophet, but a trapper’s snare is in all his ways. Enmity is in the House of his Elohim.

Luke 12:20

“But Elohim said to him, ‘You mindless one! This night your life shall be demanded from you. And who shall own what you have prepared?’

Luke 12:39

“And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says, “In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of deliverance I have helped you.” See, now is the well-accepted time, see, now is a day of deliverance –

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then suddenly destruction comes upon them, as labour pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape.

2 Timothy 2:26

and they come to their senses, out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his desire.

1 Peter 2:12

having your behaviour among the nations good so that when they speak against you as evil-doers, let them, by observing your good works, esteem Elohim in a day of visitation.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like natural unreasoning beasts, having been born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheme that which they do not know, shall be destroyed in their destruction,