Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 9:12

כִּ֣י גַ֤ם לֹֽא יֵדַ֥ע הָאָדָ֖ם אֶת עִתּ֑וֹ כַּדָּגִים֙ שֶׁנֶּאֱחָזִ֣ים בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה רָעָ֔ה וְכַצִּפֳּרִ֔ים הָאֲחוּזוֹת֙ בַּפָּ֔ח כָּהֵ֞ם יוּקָשִׁ֣ים בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֗ם לְעֵ֣ת רָעָ֔ה כְּשֶׁתִּפּ֥וֹל עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם פִּתְאֹֽם׃
kiy gam loʾ yedaʿ haʾadam ʾet ʿitvo kadagiym sheneʾeḥaziym bimṣvodah raʿah vkaṣiporiym haʾaḥvzvot bapaḥ kahem yvqashiym bney haʾadam lʿet raʿah kshetipvol ʿaleyhem pitʾom
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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