Ecclesiastes 3:18

I seide in myn herte of the sones of men, that God schulde preue hem, and schewe that thei ben lijk vnresonable beestis.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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 Y seide in myn herte, The Lord schal deme a iust man, and an vnfeithful man; and the tyme of ech thing schal be thanne.

19Therfor oon is the perisching of man and of beestis, and euene condicioun is of euer eithir; as a man dieth, `so and tho beestis dien; alle beestis brethen in lijk maner, and a man hath no thing more than a beeste.

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Cross References

Job 14:1A man is borun of a womman, and lyueth schort tyme, and is fillid with many wretchidnessis.

Job 40:8Hide thou hem in dust togidere, and drenche doun her faces in to a diche.

Psalms 49:14Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God.

Psalms 51:4Al dai thi tunge thouyte vnriytfulnesse; as a scharp rasour thou hast do gile.

Psalms 73:22God, rise vp, deme thou thi cause; be thou myndeful of thin vpbreidyngis, of tho that ben al dai of the vnwise man.

Romans 3:4God forbede. For God is sothefast, but ech man a liere; as it is writun, That thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome, whanne thou art demed.

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