OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 9:12

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12

For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish 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 falls suddenly on them.

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Verse 12. With. Hebrew adds, “evil.” Net, (Mont.) or hook. Bible.—Them. They may use precautions; but, without God’s aid, they will not succeed. Psalms 126:1. Calmet.

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