Psalms 49:12
If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
11I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
13Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
Cross References
Genesis 4:17Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And he built a city, and he called its name by the name of his son, Enoch.
Psalms 49:20Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals.
James 1:10and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.
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 →