Ecclesiastes 3:18

I said in my heart, “God tests human beings to show them that they are like animals.”

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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

17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked at the right time for every matter and every deed.”

19For the fate of the children of mankind and the fate of animals is the same fate for them. The death of one is like the death of the other. The breath is the same for all of them. There is no advantage for mankind over the animals. For is not everything just a breath?

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Cross References

Job 14:1Man, who is born of woman, 1 lives only a few days and is full of trouble. 1

Job 40:8Will you actually say that I am unjust? 1 Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right? 1

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol, 1 and death will be their shepherd. 1 The upright will rule over them in the morning, 1 and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol, 1 with no place for them to live. 1

Psalms 51:4Against you, you only, I have sinned 1 and done what is evil in your sight; 1 you are right when you speak; 1 you are correct when you judge. 1

Psalms 73:22I was ignorant and lacked insight; 1 I was like a senseless animal before you. 1

Romans 3:4May it never be. Instead, let God be found to be true, even though every man is a liar. As it has been written, 1 “That you might be shown to be righteous in your words, 1 and that you might prevail when you come into judgment.”

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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