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Ecclesiastes 9:12

— 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.

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…11 I re­turned, and saw un­der the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the bat­tle to the strong, nei­ther yet bread to the wise, nor yet rich­es to men of un­der­stand­ing, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance hap­peneth to them all. 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:…

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