Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3:18

A church father on this verse
“"Then I said to myself concerning men: God has chosen them out, but only to see that they themselves are as beasts." I considered the eloquence of the sons of man, whom God chose. Only this eloquence, he says, God wanted to be between men and beasts, since we speak, they are mute; we possess the will for conversation,…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ecclesiastes

Source: Septuagint

Original

18I said in my heart, Concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, And that to show that they are beasts.

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16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, There was the ungodly one; And the place of righteousness, There was the godly one.

17And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: For there is a time there for every action And for every work.

— Ecclesiastes 3:18 —

19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, And the event of the brute; One event befalls them: As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; And there is one breath to all: And what has the man more than the brute? Nothing; for all is vanity.

20All go to one place; All were formed of the dust, And all will return to dust.

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