Psalms 49:12
If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: 1 For the world is mine, and the fullness of it. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
11I know all the birds of the sky; 1 And the beauty of the field is mine. 1
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, 1 Or drink the blood of goats? 1
Cross References
Genesis 4:17And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Psalms 49:20Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, 1 And didst scandalize thy mother’s son. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart, 1 Concerning the speech of the sons of man, 1 God will judge them, 1 And that to show that they are beasts. 1
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 →