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Ecclesiastes 9:12-14
International Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:12-14
International Standard Version
12 In addition, no human being knows his time:
Like fish captured in a cruel net,
or as birds caught in a snare,
so also are human beings caught by bad timing
that surprises them.
Wisdom Surpasses Foolishness
13 I also observed this example of[a] wisdom on earth, and it seemed important to me: 14 There was a little city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built massive siege ramps against it.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:13 The Heb. lacks example of
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