Psalms 49:20
You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize your mother's son. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
Job 10:21before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;
Psalms 73:18Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name. 1
Ecclesiastes 11:8For even if a man should live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes 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 →