Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.

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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

17Then said I in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked.” For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.

19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.

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Cross References

Job 14:1Man, that is born of woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 40:8Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.

Psalms 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And in thy sight have I done evil; So that thou art just in thy sentence, And righteous in thy judgment.

Psalms 73:22Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.

Romans 3:4Far be it! yea, let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, “That thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art arraigned.”

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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