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

For indeed, a person does not know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and birds caught in a snare, so the sons of mankind are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

Commentaries

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…