Ecclesiastes 3:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ I said to myself, ‘This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ I said in my heart regarding the subject of the sons of men, God is trying (separating and sifting) them, that they may see that by themselves [under the sun, without God] they are but like beasts.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ I also thought, Where human beings are concerned, God tests them to show them that they are but animals

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 Cross References

Job 15:16

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt, who drinks injustice  like water?

Job 40:8

Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty  to justify yourself?

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not!  Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar,  as it is written: That you may be justified in your words and triumph when you judge.   ,

Romans 9:23

And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory  on objects of mercy  that he prepared beforehand for glory   #– #

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once #– #and after this, judgement   #– #

1 Peter 1:24

For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory   like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

2 Peter 2:12

But these people, like irrational animals #– #creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed #– #slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.