Ecclesiastes 3:18
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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The famous poem of times and seasons declares there is an appointed time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and to die, a time to plant and to uproot. God has made everything beautiful in its …
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I said in my heart, It isbecause of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves <FI>are<Fi> beasts.
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
Querverweise
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the …
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it …
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over …
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.