Ecclesiastes 3:16-19 Modern English Version (MEV)

16. Moreover I saw what was under the sun: In the place of justice, there was wickedness;and in the place of righteousness, there was wickedness.

17. I thought in my heart: God will bring judgmentto the righteous and the wicked,for there is an appropriate timefor every matter and deed.

18. Then I thought in my heart: Regarding the account of sons of men, God is making clear to them to show that they are but animals.

19. For what befalls the sons of men befalls animals; as one dies, so dies the other. There is one breath for all of them; there is no advantage for man any more than animals, for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3