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Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 I said to myself, "This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals."
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English Standard Version
18 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.
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King James Version
18 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.
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The Message Bible
18 I said to myself regarding the human race, "God's testing the lot of us, showing us up as nothing but animals."
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New American Standard Bible
18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."
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New International Version
18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.
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New King James Version
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."
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New Living Translation
18 I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
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New Revised Standard
18 I said in my heart with regard to human beings that God is testing them to show that they are but animals.
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American Standard Version
18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
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The Bible in Basic English
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
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Common English Bible
18 I also thought, Where human beings are concerned, God tests them to show them that they are but animals
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 I also thought, Where human beings are concerned, God tests them to show them that they are but animals
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The Complete Jewish Bible
18 Concerning people, I said to myself, "God is testing them, so that they will see that by themselves they are just animals.
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The Darby Translation
18 I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.
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Good News Translation
18 I decided that God is testing us, to show us that we are no better than animals.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
18 I decided that God is testing us, to show us that we are no better than animals.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
18 I thought to myself, "God is going to test humans in order to show them that they are [like] animals."
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Hebrew Names Version
18 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
18 I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves are beasts one to another.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
18 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.
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Lexham English Bible
18 I said to myself concerning {humans}, "God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts."
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are breasts.
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New Century Version
18 I decided that God leaves it the way it is to test people and to show them they are just like animals.
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New International Reader's Version
18 I also thought, "God puts human beings to the test. Then they can see they are just like animals.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
18 I said in my heart with regard to human beings that God is testing them to show that they are but animals.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
18 I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
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Revised Standard Version
18 I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
18 I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
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Third Millennium Bible
18 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.
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18 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.
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The Latin Vulgate
18 dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum ut probaret eos Deus et ostenderet similes esse bestiis
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
18 dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum ut probaret eos Deus et ostenderet similes esse bestiis
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The Webster Bible
18 I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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World English Bible
18 I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
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Wycliffe
18 I said in mine heart of the sons (and daughters) of men, that God should prove them, and show (them) that they be like beasts.
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Young's Literal Translation
18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.
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