Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish. New Living Translation People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals. English Standard Version Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. Berean Standard Bible A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish. King James Bible Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. New King James Version A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish. New American Standard Bible Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding, Is like the animals that perish. NASB 1995 Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish. NASB 1977 Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish. Legacy Standard Bible Man in his honor, but who does not understand, Is like the animals that perish. Amplified Bible A man [who is held] in honor, Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish. Christian Standard Bible Mankind, with his assets but without understanding, is like the animals that perish. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man with valuable possessions but without understanding is like the animals that perish. American Standard Version Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A man who is in his honor is not sustained, but ends up an animal and resembles one. Brenton Septuagint Translation Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them. Contemporary English Version Our human glory disappears, and, like animals, we die. Douay-Rheims Bible Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them. English Revised Version Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. GOD'S WORD® Translation Mortals, with what they treasure, still don't have understanding. They are like animals that die. Good News Translation Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals. International Standard Version Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. JPS Tanakh 1917 Man that is in honour understandeth not; He is like the beasts that perish. Literal Standard Version Man in honor, who does not understand, | Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off! Majority Standard Bible A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish. New American Bible In his prime, man does not understand. He is like the beasts—they perish. NET Bible Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish. New Revised Standard Version Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish. New Heart English Bible A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. Webster's Bible Translation Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. World English Bible A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. Young's Literal Translation Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off! Additional Translations ... Context The Evanescence of Wealth…19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day. 20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish. Cross References Psalm 49:12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 73:22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You. Ecclesiastes 3:18 I said to myself, "As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts." Ecclesiastes 3:19 For 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. Treasury of Scripture Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish. Man Psalm 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. Esther 5:11-14 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king… Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. understandeth Job 4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. is like Psalm 73:18,19 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction… Ecclesiastes 3:18,19 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts… Jump to Previous Abide Animals Asaph Beasts Cut End Honor Honour Perish Pomp Psalm Riches Understandest Understandeth UnderstandingJump to Next Abide Animals Asaph Beasts Cut End Honor Honour Perish Pomp Psalm Riches Understandest Understandeth UnderstandingPsalm 49 1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired Verse 20. - Man that is in honour, and under. standeth not, is like the beasts that perish. In ver. 12 the writer had said of all men, that they are "like the beasts that perish," which is true in one sense; i.e. in reference to this life. Now, having taken a loftier flight, and embraced in his mental vision the whole life of man, he makes an important qualification of what he had said. All men die; but only those who are "without understanding" die without hope - "like the beasts:" for others there remains the hope enunciated in ver. 15.
Hebrew A manאָדָ֣ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being who has riches בִּ֭יקָר (bî·qār) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3366: Value, wealth, costliness, dignity without וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no understanding יָבִ֑ין (yā·ḇîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand is like נִמְשַׁ֖ל (nim·šal) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble the beasts כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת (kab·bə·hê·mō·wṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal that perish. נִדְמֽוּ׃ (niḏ·mū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1820: To be dumb, silent, to fail, perish, trans, to destroy Links Psalm 49:20 NIVPsalm 49:20 NLT Psalm 49:20 ESV Psalm 49:20 NASB Psalm 49:20 KJV Psalm 49:20 BibleApps.com Psalm 49:20 Biblia Paralela Psalm 49:20 Chinese Bible Psalm 49:20 French Bible Psalm 49:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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