12 For man (A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and (B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are (C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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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(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

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17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare[a]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike

17 Terror(A) and pit and snare(B) await you,
    people of the earth.(C)

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