Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18I said to myself concerning humans,l “God siftsm them in order to shown them that they are like beasts.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.
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I said to myself, “This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”
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I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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