Ecclesiastes 3:18

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¹⁶ Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

¹⁷ I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

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.”

¹⁹ For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

²⁰ All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

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ÅB: Jeg sa i mitt hjerte: Dette skjer for menneskenes barns skyld, for at Gud kan prøve dem, og for at de kan se at de i seg selv ikke er annet enn dyr;
OTB: Jeg sa også til meg selv om menneskene: “Gud tester dem for at de skal se at de er som dyrene.”
B1930: Jeg sa i mitt hjerte: Dette skjer for menneskenes barns skyld, forat Gud kan prøve dem, og forat de kan se at de i sig selv ikke er annet enn dyr;

BSB: 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.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: I said in my heart concerning the manner of the sons of man, “God [is] testing them, that they might see that they [are] beasts—they themselves.”

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Psalms 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
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Psalms 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
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Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
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Genesis 3:17–19
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
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Romans 9:23
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
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1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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Psalms 73:18–19
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
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