17 I said in my heart,

(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”

18 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.” 19 (B)For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire

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