Psalms 49:2

Psalms 49:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• New International Version (NIV)both low and high, rich and poor alike:
• English Standard Version (ESV)both low and high, rich and poor together!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

Context of Psalms 49:2

1Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world! High and low, rich and poor—listen! 3For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight. 4I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

Psalms 49:2 word by word

גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י אָ֭דָם גַּם־בְּנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ יַ֝֗חַד עָשִׁ֥יר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Both lowאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• Both lowבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• and highאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• richעָשִׁיר‛âshîyr · richH6223
• and poorאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Psalms 49:2

• Psalms 62:9Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.
• 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
• Job 34:19He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.
• Proverbs 22:2The rich and poor have this in common: The Lord made them both.
• Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.
• James 1:9Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them.
• James 2:1My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?
• Revelation 6:15Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Commentaries on Psalms 49:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Both low and high - Those alike of humble and those of exalted rank, for it pertains equally to all. On the meaning of the “terms” employed here, see the notes at Isaiah 2:9. These truths pertained to the “low;” that is, to those of humble rank, as teaching them not to envy the rich, and not to fear their power; and they pertained to those of exalted rank, as teaching them not to trust in their riches, and not to suppose that they could permanently…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Anyone who will listen can gain wisdom (Proverbs 1:5, 8, 33).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201-3. All are called to hear what interests all. world--literally, "duration of life," the present time.Read the comment

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• Eschatology of the Old Testament

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