"I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see tha…" — Ecclesiastes 3:18

Ecclesiastes 3:18 · 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. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}”

— Ecclesiastes 3:18

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Ecclesiastes 3 — Context

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

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. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}

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

Cross References

Psalms 73:22

So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}

Psalms 49:12

Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.

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;

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;

Hebrews 9:27

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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,

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: {For: or, For that}

Romans 3:4

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.