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

For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon 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…

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