Ecclesiastes 9:12-14

21st Century King James Version

¹² 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.

¹³ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

¹⁴ There was a little city and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.