Psalms 49:13
This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
In Context
12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:19For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.
Luke 11:47Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
Luke 16:27And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
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 →