how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks evil like water!
Ecclesiastes 3:18 - Tree of Life Version I also said in my heart, “As for the sons of man, God tests them so that they may see that they are but animals.” 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 less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks evil like water!
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Their inward thought is: Their houses are eternal, their dwellings for generation after generation. They name their lands after themselves.
Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.”
And what if He did so to make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory?
And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this judgment,
For, “All humanity is like grass, And all its glory like a wildflower. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
But these people are like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be captured and killed. They malign what they don’t understand, and in their destruction they will be utterly destroyed.