Ecclesiastes 3:18

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.

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.”

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.

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 to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves.”

I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”

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

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.