Psalms 49:13

\49:12\But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

In Context

12\49:11\The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

14\49:13\This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:19Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

Luke 11:47A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

Luke 16:27And he said, Father, it is my request that you will 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 →

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