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

He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.

Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"

Like sheep, they are destined for the realm of the dead, with death as their shepherd. The upright will have dominion over them in the morning; their strength will be consumed in the afterlife, so that they have no home.

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

That god, etc

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

Can't he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory

And that

Then, I was too stupid and didn't realize I was acting like a wild animal with you.

These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,