Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

In Context

17And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.

19Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.

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Cross References

Job 14:1Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

Psalms 49:14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

Psalms 51:4Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalms 73:22and I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.

Romans 3:4But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →

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