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Ecclesiastes 9:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 9:12

Theological / Devotional

Man. Literally, “the man,” the definite article stressing each individual’s relationship to the problem of death.

His time. Presumably a reference to death (see Eccl. 7:17), though it might also refer to any misfortune.

The snare. A figure depicting sudden disaster (Ps. 91:3; 124:7; Prov. 1:17; 6:5; Hosea 7:12).

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