Ecclesiastes 3:18

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¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

¹⁷ I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

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.

¹⁹ For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

²⁰ All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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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
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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Psalms 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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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; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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Genesis 3:17–19
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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Romans 9:23
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
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1 Peter 1:24
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:
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Psalms 73:18–19
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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