Ecclesiastes 9:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² You never know when hard times will come. Like fish in a net or birds in a snare, people are often trapped by some disaster that suddenly falls on them.

The Power of Wisdom

¹³ I also saw a person doing a wise thing in this life, and it seemed very important to me. ¹⁴ There was a small town with a few people in it. A great king fought against that town and put his armies all around it.