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Eccl. 3:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that σGod might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beastsf.

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or, they might clear God, and see,

Psa. 51:4• ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)

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Psa. 49:12,20• ¹²Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
²⁰Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. (Psa. 49:12,20)

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Psa. 73:22• ²²So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. (Psa. 73:22)

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concerning.

Gen. 3:17‑19• ¹⁷And 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;
¹⁸Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
¹⁹In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:17‑19)

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Job 14:1‑4• ¹Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
²He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
³And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
⁴Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. (Job 14:1‑4)

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Job 15:16• ¹⁶How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? (Job 15:16)

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Psa. 49:14,19‑20• ¹⁴Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
²⁰Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. (Psa. 49:14,19‑20)

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Psa. 73:18‑19• ¹⁸Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
¹⁹How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:18‑19)

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Psa. 90:5‑12• ⁵Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Psa. 90:5‑12)

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Heb. 9:27• ²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Heb. 9:27)

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1 Peter 1:24• ²⁴For 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: (1 Peter 1:24)

that God, etc.

or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.

Job 40:8• ⁸Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? (Job 40:8)

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Psa. 51:4• ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)

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Rom. 3:4• ⁴God 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. (Rom. 3:4)

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Rom. 9:23• ²³And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, (Rom. 9:23)

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Psa. 73:22• ²²So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. (Psa. 73:22)

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2 Peter 2:12• ¹²But 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; (2 Peter 2:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.