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Psalms 49:20

The man who is in honor, but without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

In Context

19Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go— whence I shall not return—To the land of darkness and death-shade,

Psalms 73:18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.

Ecclesiastes 11:8Yea, though a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him think of the days of darkness; for they shall 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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