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Psalms 49:13

PrideDeath and loss

11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

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.

15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

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BSB
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
KJV
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
WEB
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
ASV
This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
DARBY
This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
BLB
This [is] their path of folly for them, and after them in their sayings they took delight. Selah
ÅB
Slik går det dem som er fulle av selvtillit, og dem som følger dem etter og har behag i deres tale. Sela.
OTB
Slik er veien for dem som er tåpelige,
Og for dem som følger dem og godkjenner deres ord.
Sela
B1930
Således går det dem som er fulle av selvtillit, og dem som følger dem efter og har behag i deres tale. Sela.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 12:20

    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

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  • Luke 16:27–28

    ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

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  • Jeremiah 44:17

    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

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  • Luke 11:47–48

    Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

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