Psalms 49:20
(49:21) Man, though in splendor, who understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. °
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
19(49:20) She shall go to the generation of his fathers, unto eternity will these never see light.
Cross References
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Psalms 73:18Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction.
Ecclesiastes 11:8For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will 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 →