How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Ecclesiastes 3:18 - King James Version - American Edition 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 I also thought, Where human beings are concerned, God tests them to show them that they are but animals Catholic Public Domain Version I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts. |
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 honor 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 them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
But these, as natural brute beasts made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;