Catholic Public Domain Version
"I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals. "
— Ecclesiastes 3:18, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“I said in my heart, It isbecause of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts. ”
“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.”
“I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.”
“I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.”
“I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.”
“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.”
What has been made, the same continues. What is in the future, has already existed. And God restores what has passed away.
I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.
And I said in my heart: “God will judge the just and the impious, and then the time for each matter shall be.”
I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.
Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?