Ecclesiastes 3:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

Young's Literal Translation
I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see{.htm" title="{"> that they themselves [are] beasts.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said
אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to myself,
בְּלִבִּ֔י (bə·lib·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

“As for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of men,
הָאָדָ֔ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

tests them
לְבָרָ֖ם (lə·ḇā·rām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1305: To clarify, examine, select

so that they may see
וְלִרְא֕וֹת (wə·lir·’ō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7200: To see

for themselves
שְׁהֶם־ (šə·hem-)
Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

that they
הֵ֖מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are but beasts.”
בְּהֵמָ֥ה (bə·hê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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