Psalms 49:11

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

9to live forever and never see the grave. 10Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind. The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves, 12but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals. 13This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude

Psalms 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 5:9My enemies cannot speak a truthful word. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their tongues are filled with flattery.
• Psalms 64:6As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
• Ezekiel 38:10“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.
• Luke 11:39Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness!
• Acts 8:22Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts,
• Genesis 4:17Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
• 1 Samuel 15:12Early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.”
• 2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom’s Monument to this day.

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

Topics related to Psalms 49:11

• Ambition
• Pride
• Wicked (People)

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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