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Psalms 49:13

PrideDeath and loss

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.

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

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.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. 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 unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:19

    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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  • Luke 16:27–28

    Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:

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  • Jeremiah 44:17

    But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

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  • Luke 11:47–48

    Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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