Ecclesiastes 9:12 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

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.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Read these six verses together to understand the writer's meaning, and compare (Ecclesiastes 2:1–12).

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Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Proverbs 7:23; Ezekiel 12:13; Hosea 7:12.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

For man also knows not his time Though it is fixed and settled by the Lord, yet times and seasons are kept in his own pow…

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