KJV King James Version
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
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Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
WEB World English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
ASV American Standard Version
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Surrounding context — Psalm 49
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] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
13 This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18-21I 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.Psalm 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.Psalm 82:7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.Psalm 49:20Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.James 1:10-11But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.1 Peter 1:24For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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