“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.”
Qohelet's further reflection that humans do not know their time, for like fish caught in an evil net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people caught in evil times when it suddenly falls upon them, emphasizes human vulnerability to sudden misfortune. The image of trapped creatures captured without warning presents human experience as fundamentally exposed to disaster. This verse reinforces contingency and vulnerability.
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