Ecclesiastes 3:18

Hebrew	אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔יplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigלֵב hebrew Meaning: * The heart * Used figuratively for the feelings, the will and even the intellect * The centre of anything Noun, masculine (although conceptually neutral, being used for both men and women). Occurs nearly 600 times in the Old Testament.1 Samuel 25:37Genesis 6:5Exodus 8:151 Samuel 24:51 Samuel 16:7Jeremiah 17:9Deuteronomy 10:16Deuteronomy 6:5Deuteronomy 6:5Psalm 9:1 (NIV)(verse 2 in the Hebrew Bible)Deuteronomy 6:5Genesis 6:51 Samuel 1:13Psalm 95:10Deuteronomy 6:5… עַל דִּבְרַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֔ם לְבָרָ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֱלֹהִים hebrew Meanings: * God * god * goddess * divine ones * angels Noun, masculine וְלִרְא֕וֹת שְׁהֶם בְּהֵמָ֥ה הֵ֖מָּה לָהֶֽם
ESV	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.
NIV	I also thought, “As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.
NLT	I also thought about the human condition– how God proves to people that they are like animals.
LXX	ἐκεῖ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. καρδίᾳ μου περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀνθρώπου ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεόςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) κτήνη εἰσὶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. καίplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” γε αὐτοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	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.

^{Ecclesiastes 3:17 ← Ecclesiastes 3:18 → Ecclesiastes 3:19}

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