Psalms 49:13

That is what happens to those who foolishly trust in what they have accomplished, to those who are delighted in all that they possess. (Think about that!)

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; all people die, the same as animals do.

14They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. [PRS, MET] In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then those wealthy people will die and their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:19because what happens to people happens to animals. Animals die, and people die. We all must breathe to remain alive. With regard to that, people have no advantage over animals, so I have a difficult time understanding that.

Luke 11:47There will be terrible punishment for you! You decorate the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed, but you do not live according to what the prophets taught.

Luke 16:27Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father Abraham, I ask you (sg) to 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 →

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