Psalms 49:20
תָּבוֹא עַד ־ דּוֹר אֲבוֹתָיו עַד ־ נֵצַח לֹא יִרְאוּ ־ אֽוֹר ׃ אָדָם בִּיקָר וְלֹא יָבִין נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמוֹת נִדְמֽוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
In Context
19כִּֽי ־ נַפְשׁוֹ בְּחַיָּיו יְבָרֵךְ וְיוֹדֻךָ כִּי ־ תֵיטִיב לָֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Esther 7:10וַיִּתְלוּ אֶת ־ הָמָן עַל ־ הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר ־ הֵכִין לְמָרְדֳּכָי וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה ׃ פ
Job 10:21בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת ׃
Psalms 73:18אַךְ בַּחֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁית לָמוֹ הִפַּלְתָּם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת ׃
Ecclesiastes 11:8כִּי אִם ־ שָׁנִים הַרְבֵּה יִחְיֶה הָאָדָם בְּכֻלָּם יִשְׂמָח וְיִזְכֹּר אֶת ־ יְמֵי הַחֹשֶׁךְ כִּֽי ־ הַרְבֵּה יִהְיוּ כָּל ־ שֶׁבָּא הָֽבֶל ׃
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 →