God’s Word Translation
Psalms 49:11
11Although they named their lands after themselves, their graves have become their homes for ages to come, their dwelling places throughout every generation.
Psalms 49:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
Context of Psalms 49:11
9in order to live forever and never see the pit. 10Indeed, one can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their riches to others. Although they named their lands after themselves, their graves have become their homes for ages to come, their dwelling places throughout every generation. 12But mortals will not continue here with what they treasure. They are like animals that die. 13This is the final outcome for fools and their followers who are delighted by what they say: Selah
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:11 word by word
קִרְבָּ֤ם בָּתֵּ֨ימוֹ׀ לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָם לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹ֑ר קָֽרְא֥וּ בִ֝שְׁמוֹתָ֗ם עֲלֵ֣י אֲדָמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Their inwardקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130
- their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- their dwellingמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- places to allדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- they callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- landsאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- after their own namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Psalms 49:11
- Psalms 5:9Nothing in their mouths is truthful. Destruction comes from their hearts. Their throats are open graves. They flatter with their tongues.
- Psalms 64:6They search for the perfect crime and say, “We have perfected a foolproof scheme!” Human nature and the human heart are a mystery!
- Ezekiel 38:10“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: At that time ideas will enter your head, and you will make wicked plans.
- Luke 11:39The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes. But inside you are full of greed and evil.
- Acts 8:22So change your wicked thoughts, and ask the Lord if he will forgive you for thinking like this.
- Genesis 4:17Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son.
- 1 Samuel 15:12Early in the morning he got up to meet Saul. Samuel was told, “Saul went to Carmel to set up a monument in his honor. Then he left there and went to Gilgal.”
- 2 Samuel 18:18(⌞While he was still living,⌟ Absalom had taken a rock and set it up for himself in the king’s valley. He said, “I have no son to keep the memory of my name alive.” He called the rock by his name, and it is still called Absalom’s Monument today.)
Commentaries on Psalms 49:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever - Thus, by interpolation, we have endeavored to patch up a sense to this clause. Instead of קרבם kirbam, their inward part, the Septuagint appear to have used a copy in which the second and third letters have been transposed קברם kibram, their sepulchres; for they translate: ̔ · "For their graves are their dwellings for ever." So six or seven feet long, and two or three wide, is sufficient…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Their inward thought is - Their secret expectation and feeling is that they have secured permanency for their wealth in their own families, though they themselves may pass away. The essential thought in this verse is, that the rich people referred to in the foregoing verses imagine that their possessions will be perpetuated in their own families. The word rendered “inward thought” - קרב qereb - means properly “the midst, the middle, inner part;” and hence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The teacher uses irony to teach wisdom. Everyone dies, and even those who give their names to lands or estates will be forgotten.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Still infatuated and flattered with hopes of perpetuity, they call their lands, or "celebrate their names on account of (their) lands."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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