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 seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11Their 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. But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish. 13This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah 14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

Psalms 49:12 word by word

וְאָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר בַּל־יָלִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 49:12

• Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
• Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
• Psalms 82:7Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
• James 1:10and 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 thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
• Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in mine heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
• 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, even so, are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon 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

Topics related to Psalms 49:12

• Ambition
• Animals
• 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