## time and chance affect them all ##

AT: "what happens and when it happens affect them all" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## affect them all ##

Here the words "them all" refer to race, battle, bread, riches, and favor.

## like fish...like birds...Like animals, human beings ##

Death catches human beings when they do not expect it, just like people catch animals when they do not expect it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## in evil times that suddenly fall on them ##

Possible meanings are 1) "in bad circumstances that suddenly happen to them" or 2) "by death that suddenly overtakes them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])