Psalms 49:20
18 Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
19 he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- KJV
- Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- WEB
- A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
- ASV
- Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph.
- DARBY
- Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- BLB
- A man in [his] splendor does not understand; he is like the beasts that perish!
- ÅB
- Et menneske i herlighet, som ikke har forstand, er lik dyrene, som går til grunne.
- OTB
- Mennesket, i sin prakt, men uten forståelse,
Er som dyrene som omkommer. - B1930
- Et menneske i herlighet, som ikke har forstand, er lik dyrene, som går til grunne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 3:18–19
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 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Read in contextJob 4:21
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Read in contextEsther 5:11–14
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18–19
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
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