Psalms 49:12

In 11 translations

BSB

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

KJV

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

WEB

But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

ASV

But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

LSV

And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

YLT

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

DBY

Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

DRC48:13

And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

GNV

But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

JPS49:13

But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.

LXXE48:13

And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC49:13

וְאָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר בַּל־יָלִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃KJV:Ps.49.12

LXX-Br48:13

Καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν, οὐ συνῆκε, παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις, καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 3:18–21I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have…
• Psalms 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
• Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• Psalms 82:7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
• Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
• James 1:10–11But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So…
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).