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


In Context

15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment- wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there.

17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."

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

19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.

20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

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 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 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.