Psalms 49:13
This their way [is] folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
In Context
12And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:19For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
Luke 11:47Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 16:27And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may 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 →