Psalms 49:13

Nevertheless adam in his pomp endureth not; 1 he is like the behemot (beasts) that perish. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

In Context

12Their inward thought is 1 that their batim (houses) shall continue l'olam, 1 and their mishkenot (dwelling places) l'odor vador; 1 they call their lands by their shmot (names). 1

14This is their derech, kesel (folly, imprudent confidence) is theirs; 1 and the fate after them of those who approve their words. 1 Selah 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:19For bnei haAdam and beheimah share one and same mikreh (fortune); as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that the adam hath no advantage above the beheimah; for all is hevel.

Luke 11:47Woe to you, because you build the matsevot (tombstone monuments) for the Kivrei HaNeviim (the sepulchers of the Prophets), but it was your avot who killed them.

Luke 16:27And the oisher said, I ask you then, Avraham Avinu, that you may send El'azar to the bais of Avi,

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 →

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