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Ecclesiastes 3:18

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I said to myself regarding the human race, “God’s testing the lot of us, showing us up as nothing but animals.”

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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.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I said to myself concerning humans, “God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts.”

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.