Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
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.
Note that God…: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
I 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.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- concerning
- Genesis 3:17–19; Job 14:1–4; Job 15:16; Psalm 49:14, 19, 20; Psalm 73:18, 19; Psalm 90:5–12; Hebrews 9:27; 1 Peter 1:24
- that God, etc. or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.
- Job 40:8; Psalm 51:4; Romans 3:4; Romans 9:23
- and that
- Psalm 73:22; 2 Peter 2:12