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Psalms 49:12

Money and wealthDeath and lossPride

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

11 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.

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.

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 3:18–21

    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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  • Psalms 82:7

    But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

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  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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  • Psalms 49:20

    Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:12

    For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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  • James 1:10–11

    But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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  • 1 Peter 1:24

    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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