Ecclesiastes 9:12

Young's Literal Translation 1862

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 `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

Cross References

Psalm 11:6

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind `is' the portion of their cup.

Proverbs 24:22

For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth!

Proverbs 29:6

In the transgression of the evil `is' a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

Isaiah 24:18

And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.

Ezekiel 32:3

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have spread out for thee My net, With an assembly of many peoples, And they have brought thee up in My net.

Hosea 7:12

When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

Hosea 9:8

Ephraim is looking `away' from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler `is' over all his ways, Hatred `is' in the house of his God.

Luke 12:20

`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

Luke 12:39

`And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

2 Corinthians 6:2

for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now `is' a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

1 Thessalonians 5:3

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

2 Timothy 2:26

and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

1 Peter 2:12

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

2 Peter 2:12

and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed -- in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil -- in their destruction shall be destroyed,