12 For aman also does not know his time:
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are bsnared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are bsnared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.
Wisdom Superior to Folly
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
14 aThere was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great1 snares around it.
15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than astrength.
Nevertheless bthe poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
“Wisdom is better than astrength.
Nevertheless bthe poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war;
But aone sinner destroys much good.”
But aone sinner destroys much good.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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