New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 49:12
Psalms 49:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- New International Version (NIV)People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain; He is like the beasts that perish.
Context of Psalms 49:12
10For he sees that even wise people die; The foolish and the stupid alike perish And leave their wealth to others. 11Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names. But man in his splendor will not endure; He is like the animals that perish. 13This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah 14Like sheep they sink down to Sheol; Death will be their shepherd; And the upright will rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no lofty home.
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:12 word by word
וְאָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר בַּל־יָלִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 49:12
- Psalms 49:20Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah
- Psalms 82:7Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”
- James 1:10but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For indeed, a person does not know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and birds caught in a snare, so the sons of mankind are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.
Commentaries on Psalms 49:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Man being in honor abideth not - However rich, wise, or honorable, they must die; and if they die not with a sure hope of eternal life, they die like beasts. See on Psalm 49:20; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Nevertheless, man being in honor abideth not - No matter to what rank he may rise, no matter how much wealth he may accumulate, no matter how fixed and secure he may seem to make his possessions, he cannot make them permanent and enduring. He must pass away and leave all this to others. The word rendered “abideth” - ילין yālı̂yn - means properly to pass the night; to remain over night; to lodge, as one does for a night; and the idea is, that he is not to…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. 1212. Contrasted with this vanity is their frailty. However honored, man abideth not--literally, "lodgeth not," remains not till morning, but suddenly perishes as (wild) beasts, whose lives are taken without warning.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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