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Ecclesiastes 9:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12 For man does not know his time.+ Just as fish are caught in an evil net and birds are caught in a trap, so the sons of men are ensnared in a time of disaster,* when it suddenly overtakes them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 12 For man does not know his time.+ Just as fish are caught in an evil net and birds are caught in a trap, so the sons of men are ensnared in a time of disaster,* when it suddenly overtakes them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 12 For man+ also does not know his time.+ Just like fishes that are being taken in an evil net,+ and like birds that are being taken in a trap,+ so the sons of men themselves are being ensnared at a calamitous time,+ when it falls upon them suddenly.+

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

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.