Psalms 49:12

(49:13) Nevertheless man in [his] splendor endureth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

In Context

11(49:12) Their inward thought is, that their houses are to be for ever, their dwelling-places, from generation to generation; they call them by their own names in [various] countries.

13(49:14) This is their way, their folly: yet their posterity will take pleasure in their sayings. Selah.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

Psalms 49:20(49:21) Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °

Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart concerning the speaking of the sons of men, that God might make it clear to them, and that they might see that they by themselves are but beasts.

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 →

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