Psalms 49:13
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
In Context
12Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts, even one thing befalls them; as the one dies, so dies the other. Yea, they all have one breath, and man has no preeminence above the beasts; for all is vanity.
Luke 11:47Woe to you! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
Luke 16:27And he said, I beg thee therefore, father, that thou would send him to my father's house,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:7-15
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 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… Read the whole commentary →