²³ Till an arrow struck his liver.
^(A)As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it ^[a]would cost his life.

¹² For ^(A)man 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 ^(B)snared in an evil time,
When it falls suddenly upon them.

¹⁸ But he does not know that ^(A)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of ^[a]hell.

¹⁷ Surely, in ^[a]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any ^[b]bird;