Ecclesiastes 3:18

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are beasts.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

Noyes Bible ☆

I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

I said in my heart: 'It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.'

King 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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are beasts.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are beasts.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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.”

Webster Bible ☆

I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Revised Version ☆

I said in mine 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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I said in my heart, Concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, And that to show that they are beasts.

World English Bible ☆

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.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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.

World English Bible Classic ☆

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.

World English Bible Updated ☆

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.

World Messianic Bible ☆

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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

I said in mine lev, As for bnei haAdam, HaElohim tests them, that they might see that they themselves are like beheimah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قُلْتُ فِي قَلْبِي: «مِنْ جِهَةِ أُمُورِ بَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ، إِنَّ ٱللهَ يَمْتَحِنُهُمْ لِيُرِيَهُمْ أَنَّهُ كَمَا ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ هَكَذَا هُمْ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လူသားတို့နေရာကို ရည်မှတ်၍ ငါအောက်မေ့ သည်ကား၊ လူတို့ကို ဘုရားသခင် စုံစမ်းတော်မူမည် အကြောင်းနှင့်၊ သူတို့သည် တိရစ္ဆာန်ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်သည်ကို သူတို့သိမြင်မည်အကြောင်း၊ နေရာကျသတည်း၊

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူ သား တို့နေရာကို ရည်မှတ်၍ ငါ အောက်မေ့သည်ကား၊ လူတို့ကို ဘုရား သခင်စုံစမ်း တော်မူမည် အကြောင်း နှင့်၊ သူ တို့သည် တိရစ္ဆာန် ကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သည် ကို သူ တို့သိမြင် မည်အကြောင်း ၊ နေရာကျသတည်း။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kami capanawk khosakhaih kawng pongah hae tiah ka poek; kaminawk mah angmacae hoi angmacae to kasan moinawk baktiah ni ka oh o, tiah panoek o thai hanah, Sithaw mah nihcae khaeah amtuengsak tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang ca rhoek kah dumlai dongah khaw ka lungbuei ah, “Amih te Pathen loh coelh saeh lamtah, amih bang he rhamsa ni amamih loh hmu saeh,” ka ti mai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang ca rhoek kah dumlai dongah khaw ka lungbuei ah, “Amih te Pathen loh coelh saeh lamtah, amih bang he rhamsa ni amamih loh hmu saeh,” ka ti mai.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我心里说， 这乃为世人的缘故，是 神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己 不过像兽一样。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我心裏說， 這乃為世人的緣故，是上帝要試驗他們，使他們覺得自己 不過像獸一樣。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我心里说：“至于世人，上帝试验他们，为要使他们看明自己就像动物一样。

Croatian Bible ☆

Još rekoh u sebi: “Ljudi se ponašaju tako da Bog može pokazati kakvi su uistinu, da su jedni drugima poput zvijeri.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Řekl jsem v srdci svém o způsobu synů lidských, že jim ukázal Bůh, aby viděli, že jsou podobni hovadům.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Jeg sagde ved mig selv: “Det er for Menneskenes Skyld, for at Gud kan prøve dem, og for at de selv kan se, at de er Dyr.”

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik zeide in mijn hart van de gelegenheid der mensenkinderen, dat God hen zal verklaren, en dat zij zullen zien, dat zij als de beesten zijn aan zichzelven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Maar als ik mijn gedachten over de mensen liet gaan, Zag ik, dat zij wel door God zijn geschapen, Maar feitelijk gelijk zijn aan het dier;

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mi diris en mia koro: Ĉi tio estas pri la homidoj, ke Dio ilin elprovu, kaj ke ili vidu, ke ili estas bruto per si mem.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

J’ai dit en mon cœur : Quant aux fils des hommes [il en est ainsi], pour que Dieu les éprouve, et qu’ils voient eux-mêmes qu’ils ne sont que des bêtes.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

J'ai dit en mon cœur, au sujet des hommes, que Dieu les éprouverait, et qu'ils verraient eux-mêmes qu'ils ne sont que des bêtes.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

J’ai dit en mon cœur, au sujet des fils de l’homme, que Dieu les éprouverait, et qu’eux-mêmes verraient qu’ils ne sont que des bêtes.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Je me suis dit : « Quant aux humains, Dieu les met à l'épreuve afin qu'ils voient qu'ils sont, par eux-mêmes, semblables aux bêtes.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Wegen der Menschenkinder geschieht es, damit Gott sie prüfe, und damit sie sehen, daß sie an und für sich Tiere sind.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Es geschieht wegen der Menschenkinder, auf daß Gott sie prüfe und sie sehen, daß sie an sich selbst sind wie das Vieh.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich sprach zu mir selbst: um der Menschenkinder willen geschieht es, damit Gott sie prüfe, und damit sie sehen, daß sie selbst nur Vieh sind.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Es ist wegen der Menschenkinder, daß Gott sie prüft und damit sie einsehen, daß sie in sich selbst [dem] Vieh [gleichen].

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεός, καὶ τοῦ δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶ κτήνη εἰσί.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου, περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ τοῦ δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶ κτήνη εἰσί.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen di nan kè mwen ankò: Bondye ap gade kote moun ye. L'ap fè yo wè yo pa pi bon pase zannimo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

I iho la au iloko o ko'u naau no na keiki a kanaka, i hoao ke Akua ia lakou i ike lakou ia lakou iho, he poe holoholona.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י עַל־דִּבְרַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם לְבָרָ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְלִרְאֹ֕ות שְׁהֶם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה הֵ֖מָּה לָהֶֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אמרתי אני בלבי על דברת בני האדם לברם האלהים ולראות שהם בהמה המה להם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Io ho detto nel mio cuore, intorno alla condizione de' figliuoli degli uomini, ch'egli sarebbe da desiderare che Iddio li chiarisse, e ch'essi vedessero che da loro stessi non sono altro che bestie .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Io ho detto in cuor mio: “Così è, a motivo dei figliuoli degli uomini perché Dio li metta alla prova, ed essi stessi riconoscano che non sono che bestie”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は心の中で言った。「人について、神が彼らを試されるのは、彼ら自身が獣と変わらないことを悟らせるためだ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 심중에 이르기를 인생의 일에 대하여 하나님이 저희를 시험하시리니 저희로 자기가 짐승보다 다름이 없는 줄을 깨닫게 하려하심이라 하였노라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga nunku tuh God El srike kut in akkalemye nu sesr lah kut tia sie na liki ma orakrak uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و درباره امور بنی آدم در دل خود گفتم: این واقع می‌شود تا خدا ایشان را بیازماید و تا خودایشان بفهمند که مثل بهایم می‌باشند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eu disse no meu coração: “Quanto aos filhos dos homens, Deus os prova, para que vejam que eles mesmos são como animais.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Eu disse em meu coração quanto aos filhos dos homens, que Deus lhes provaria, para lhes mostrar que eles são como animais.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Am spus în inima mea, referitor la starea fiilor oamenilor, ca Dumnezeu să le facă cunoscut și ca ei să vadă că sunt animale.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ам зис ын инима мя кэ ачестя се ынтымплэ нумай пентру оамень, ка сэ-й ынчерче Думнезеу ши ей ыншишь сэ вадэ кэ ну сунт декыт ниште добитоаче.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сказал я в сердце своем о сынах человеческих, чтобы испытал их Бог, и чтобы они видели, что они сами по себе животные;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Rekoh u srcu svom za sinove ljudske da im je Bog pokazao da vide da su kao stoka.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Рекох у срцу свом за синове људске да им је Бог показао да виде да су као стока.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nashubiderha kandi obwo, nti kwo abantu banali ntyo: kuderha mpu Nyamuzinda yêne abayêrekane oku banali, anamanyîse oku: omuntu oku wâbo muntu cibà ciryanyi kula eciryanyi cinabà.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Dije en mi corazón, en orden á la condición de los hijos de los hombres, que Dios los probaría, para que así echaran de ver ellos mismos que son semejantes á las bestias.

Spanish BLL ☆

Respecto a los seres humanos, pensé que Dios los pone a prueba para que se den cuenta de que ellos mismos son como los animales.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Dije en mi corazón, en orden a la condición de los hijos de los hombres, que Dios los prueba para que vean que ellos mismos son como bestias.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Dije en mi corazón: Es por los hijos de los hombres, para que Dios los ponga a prueba y se vean a sí mismos como bestias.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Me dije con respecto a los hijos de hombres: ʼElohim ciertamente los probó para que ellos vean que solo son como las bestias.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻaku pehē ʻi hoku loto koeʻuhi ko e anga ʻoe fānau ʻae tangata, ke fakahā ia ʻe he ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, pea nau ʻilo ai ʻoku nau hangē ko e fanga manu.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І сказав я в серцї мойму про дїтей людських, що Бог витрібовує їх, нехай знають, що й вони зьвіррє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І сказав я в серцї мойму про дїтей людських, що Бог витрібовує їх, нехай знають, що й вони зьвіррє.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta lại nói trong lòng rằng: Phải như vậy, bởi vì Đức Chúa Trời muốn thử thách con loài người, và chỉ cho chúng biết rằng họ không hơn gì loài thú.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י עַל־דִּבְרַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם לְבָרָ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְלִרְא֕וֹת שְׁהֶם־בְּהֵמָ֥ה הֵ֖מָּה לָהֶֽם׃