I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. Treasury of Scripture concerning Genesis 3:17-19 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying... Job 14:1-4 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble... Job 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water? Psalm 49:14,19,20 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning... Psalm 73:18,19 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction... Psalm 90:5-12 You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up... Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment: 1 Peter 1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away: that God Job 40:8 Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous? Psalm 51:4 Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak... Romans 3:4 God forbid: yes, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings... Romans 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared to glory, and that Psalm 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you. 2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not...
Context From Dust to Dust
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? 22Why I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
Darby Bible Translation
I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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 are beasts.
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