Pengkhotbah 9:12

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Karena manusia tidak mengetahui waktunya. Seperti ikan yang tertangkap dalam jala yang mencelakakan, dan seperti burung yang tertangkap dalam jerat, begitulah anak-anak manusia terjerat pada waktu yang malang, kalau hal itu menimpa mereka secara tiba-tiba.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Karena manusia tidak mengetahui waktunya. Seperti ikan yang tertangkap dalam jala yang mencelakakan, dan seperti burung yang tertangkap dalam jerat, begitulah anak-anak manusia terjerat pada waktu yang malang, kalau hal itu menimpa mereka secara tiba-tiba.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune. ¹² For a man knoweth not his tyme: but like as the fishes are taken with the angle, and as the byrdes are caught with the snare: euen so are men taken in the perillous time, when it commeth sodaynly vpon them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

man: Ecclesiastes 8:5-7, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Luke 19:42-44, 2 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Peter 2:12

as the fishes: Proverbs 7:22, Proverbs 7:23, Habakkuk 1:14-17, 2 Timothy 2:26

the sons: Job 18:8-10, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 73:18-20, Proverbs 6:15, Proverbs 29:6, Isaiah 30:13, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:39, Luke 17:26-31, Luke 21:34-36, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Peter 2:12

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:6 - They flee Joshua 8:14 - he wist not Judges 16:30 - and the house Judges 20:34 - knew not 1 Samuel 17:44 - Come to me 2 Samuel 11:25 - for the sword 2 Chronicles 23:13 - Then Athaliah Job 1:13 - when Job 24:1 - seeing Psalms 18:5 - snares Psalms 37:19 - in the evil Psalms 49:12 - beasts Psalms 91:3 - snare Ecclesiastes 3:22 - who Ecclesiastes 8:7 - he knoweth Jeremiah 50:24 - snare Ezekiel 17:20 - I will spread Ezekiel 32:3 - General Daniel 11:11 - the multitude Hosea 7:12 - I will bring Amos 3:5 - General Amos 5:13 - an evil Luke 21:35 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
And God sayd vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenaunt which I haue made betweene me and all fleshe that is vpon earth.

Genesis 9:23
And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse.

Genesis 9:25
And he sayde: cursed be Chanaan, a seruaunt of seruauntes shall he be vnto his brethren.

Genesis 9:26
He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt.

Genesis 9:28
Noah liued after the fludde three hundred and fiftie yeres.

Genesis 17:11
Ye shal circumcise the fleshe of your foreskyn, and it shalbe a token of the couenaunt betwixt me and you.

Exodus 12:13
And the blood shalbe vnto you a token in the houses wherin you are: and whe I see the blood, I wyll passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destroy you when I smyte the lande of Egypt.

Exodus 13:16
This shalbe as a token vppon thyne hande, & as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt through a myghtie hande.

Joshua 2:12
Nowe therfore, I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde, that as I haue shewed you mercie, ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house, and geue me a true token:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For man also knoweth not his time,.... Though it is fixed and settled by the Lord, yet times and seasons are kept in his own power, and not known by men; not the time of his death, nor of any calamity and distress coming upon him, nor the proper season and opportunity of doing himself good, and avoiding evil;

as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; as fishes are suddenly taken in a net, unhappy for them, which is at once east over them, while they are sporting and playing in the water, and catching at the bait; and as birds, being decoyed, are unawares taken in a snare; that is, both of them know not the time of their being caught;

so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them; they are no more able to guard against a time of adversity and calamity, and the evil of it, which comes at once upon them, than the poor fishes or silly birds are to avoid the net and snare; and are, like them, at such a time, in the utmost security, indulging themselves in ease and pleasure: so the day of death, and of judgment, will come like a thief in the night; or like a snare upon men, when they think nothing of it, but are giving up themselves to their lusts and pleasures; see 1 Thessalonians 5:2; for pleasure, as Plato says, is the bait of evils, with which men are caught, as fishes with the hook g.

g Apud Ciceronem de Senectute, c. 12. "Hic ubi saepe occultum visus decurrere piscis ad hamum", Horat. Epist. l. 1. Ep. 8. v. 73, 74.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Read these six verses connectedly, in order to arrive at the meaning of the writer; and compare Ecclesiastes 2:1-12.

After the description Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 of the portionless condition of the dead, the next thought which occurs is that the man who is prosperous and active should simply enjoy his portion all through this life Ecclesiastes 9:7-10; and then Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 follows the correcting thought (see Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 note), introduced as usual Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 4:7 by “I returned,” namely, that the course of events is disposed and regulated by another will than that of man.

The person addressed is one whose life of labor is already pleasing to God, and who bears visible tokens of God’s favor.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Now accepteth - Rather: “already has pleasure in.” Joy (the marginal reference note) is regarded as a sign of the approbation and favor of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

White garments and perfume are simply an expressive sign of joy.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

The works which we carry on here with the combined energies of body and soul come to an end in the hour of death, when the soul enters a new sphere of existence, and body and soul cease to act together. Compare John 9:4.

Device - See Ecclesiastes 7:25 note.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Chance - Or, “incident,” that which comes to us from without, one of the external events described in Ecclesiastes 3:0. Compare Ecclesiastes 2:14 note.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Time - See Ecclesiastes 3:1 ff.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 9:12. As the birds that are caught — Man acts so heedlessly, notwithstanding all his wisdom, and all his warnings, that he is often taken, as a fish is, by the baited hook; and the bird by the baited snare. And thus, an evil time, like the snare, gin, trap, hook, falleth suddenly upon them; and they are taken in a moment, and have no means of escaping. How frequently do we see these comparisons illustrated!