Psalms 49:13
Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
In Context
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:19For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
Luke 11:47Woe to you, who build the tombs of the prophets, while it is your fathers who killed them!
Luke 16:27And he said: ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers,
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 →