Ecc 9:11-12 | ESV | STEP | Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong , nor bread to the wise , nor riches to the intelligent , nor favor to those with knowledge , but time and chance happen to them all .

Ecclesiastes 9:11-12

Wisdom Better than Folly

11 ^aAgain I saw that under the sun ^bthe race is not to the swift, nor ^cthe battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and ^dchance ^ehappen to them all. 12 For man ^fdoes not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and ^glike birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are ^hsnared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.