Psalms 49:12
and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and brought forth Henoch: and he built a city, and called the name thereof by the name of his son Henoch.
Psalms 49:20He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.
James 1:10And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
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 →