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


In Context

15 That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

16 I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

17 And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.

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

19 Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity.

20 And all things go to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18I 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.

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.