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Ecclesiastes 9:12-14
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:12-14
English Standard Version
12 For man (A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and (B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are (C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. 14 There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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