18I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.


In Context

15 That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

16 And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18 I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.

19 For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

20 All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in mine heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart, |As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.