Psalms 49:13
This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
In Context
12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
Luke 11:47Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
Luke 16:27‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
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 →