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Psalms 49:11

Death and lossMoney and wealth

9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

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BSB
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
KJV
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
WEB
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
ASV
Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
DARBY
Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
BLB
Their inward thoughts [are] their homes forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation, they proclaimed over the lands their own names.
ÅB
Deres hjertes eneste tanke er at deres hus skal stå til evig tid, deres boliger fra slekt til slekt; de kaller sine jorder opp etter sine navn.
OTB
De tror deres hus skal vare evig
Og deres bosteder for alle generasjoner;
De har oppkalt sine land etter seg selv.
B1930
Deres hjertes eneste tanke er at deres hus skal stå til evig tid, deres boliger fra slekt til slekt; de kaller sine jorder op efter sine navn.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 4:17

    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

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  • Psalms 5:9

    For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

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  • Psalms 64:6

    They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

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  • 2 Samuel 18:18

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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  • Ezekiel 38:10

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

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  • Psalms 10:6

    He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

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  • Acts 8:22

    Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:12

    And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

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