Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said in my heart, 1 Concerning the speech of the sons of man, 1 God will judge them, 1 And that to show that they are beasts. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, 1 God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: 1 For there is a time there for every action 1 And for every work. 1

19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, 1 And the event of the brute; 1 One event befalls them: 1 As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; 1 And there is one breath to all: 1 And what has the man more than the brute? 1 Nothing; for all is vanity. 1

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Cross References

Job 14:1For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath. 1

Job 40:8Do not set aside my judgment: 1 And dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous? 1

Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; 1 And pay thy vows to the Most High. 1

Psalms 51:4thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; 1 Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. 1

Psalms 73:22Arise, O God, plead thy cause: 1 Remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day. 1

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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