• Ecclesiastes 9:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12 For man does not know his time either: like the fishes, that are gripped by a disastrous net, or like the birds, that are gripped by the trap, like them mankind are trapped in a disastrous time when it falls upon them suddenly.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 For, indeed man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,—like them were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:12
    King James Version

    • 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.