Psalms 49:12
10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- KJV
- Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- WEB
- But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
- ASV
- But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
- DARBY
- Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- BLB
- And man in [his] wealth does not remain; he becomes like the beasts that perish.
- ÅB
- Og dog blir et menneske i herlighet ikke stående; han er lik dyrene, som går til grunne.
- OTB
- Men mennesket i sin prakt vil ikke bestå;
Han er som dyrene som omkommer. - B1930
- Og dog blir et menneske i herlighet ikke stående; han er lik dyrene, som går til grunne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 3:18–21
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.”
Read in contextPsalms 82:7
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
Read in contextPsalms 39:5
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 49:20
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:12
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Read in contextJames 1:10–11
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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