Parallel Bible results for "Ecclesiastes 9:12"

Ecclesiastes 9:12

New International Reader's Version NIRV

12 A man doesn't know when trouble will come to him. Fish are caught in nets. Birds are taken in traps. And people are trapped by hard times that come when they don't expect them.

New International Version NIV

12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.