Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Job 10:21Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Ecclesiastes 11:8but if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →