Ecclesiastes 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Concerning

That god, etc

And that

Psalm 73:22

2 Peter 2:12

Bible References

Concerning

And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:

How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in - like water - perversity.

Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,

And, inasmuch as it is in store for men - once for all to die, but after this, judgment,

Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,

That god, etc

Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?

Against thee - against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness - in thine eyes, have I done, - That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest, - Be clear when thou judgest.

Far be it! But let, God, prove to be, true, albeit, every man, be false! Even as it is written - That thou mightest be declared righteous in thy words, and overcome when thou art in judgment.

In order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he prepared beforehand for glory, -

And that

But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.

These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil, -