Ecclesiastes 9:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Man

As the fishes

Proverbs 7:22

Habakkuk 1:14

2 Timothy 2:26

The sons

General references

Ezekiel 32:3

Amos 3:5

Bible References

Man

He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing, - and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note.

If thou hadst got to know, in this day, even thou, the conditions of peace -- But, now, are they hid from thine eyes:

For he saith - In an approved season, have I hearkened unto thee, and, in a day of salvation, have succoured thee; - Lo! now, a well-approved season, Lo! now, a day of salvation:

Having, your behaviour among the nations, honourable, - in order that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, owing to the honourable works they are permitted to behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

As the fishes

Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.

So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:

And they should wake up to sobriety out of, the adversary's, snare, - though they have been taken alive by him for, that one's, will.

The sons

For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

In the transgression of a wicked man, is a snare, but, the righteous, doth shout in triumph and rejoice.

Therefore, shall this iniquity become to you As a breach ready to fall, A bulging in a high wall, - Whose breaking down cometh, suddenly in a twinkling.

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so, will it be, even in the days of the Son of Man:

But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy - with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,

As soon as they begin to say - Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction, - just as the birth-throe unto her that is with child, - and in nowise shall they escape.

These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil, -

General references

Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I spread over thee my net, With a gathered host of many e peoples,-And they shall bring thee up in my net;

Will a bird fall upon a net to the earth, when there is no, snare, for it? Will a net rise front the ground, when it hath, captured nothing?