12 For neither doth man know his [a]time, but as the fishes which are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare: so are the children of men snared in the evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

13 I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it is great unto me.

14 A little city and few men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and built forts against it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:12 That is, he doth not foresee what shall come.

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