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For man also doesn`t know his time. As the fish 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 falls suddenly on them.
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Our Times Are Not Our Own
Commentators explain that this verse is a stark reminder of human limitations. Like fish and birds suddenly caught in a trap, we do not know the time of our death or when calamity might strike. Scholars note this corrects the idea that we are fully in control, emphasizing that events are ultimately arranged by a will other than our own.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Read these six verses together to understand the writer's meaning, and compare (Ecclesiastes 2:1–12).
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19th Century
Anglican
Proverbs 7:23; Ezekiel 12:13; Hosea 7:12.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
