Psalms 49:13

In 11 translations

BSB

This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. SelahOr the way of the foolish

KJV

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.approve…: Heb. delight in their mouth

WEB

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

ASV

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

LSV

This their way [is] folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.

YLT

This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

DBY

This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

DRC48:14

This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

GNV

This their way vttereth their foolishnes: yet their posteritie delite in their talke. Selah.

JPS49:14

This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah

LXXE48:14

This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC49:14

זֶ֣ה דַ֭רְכָּם כֵּ֣סֶל לָ֑מוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.49.13

LXX-Br48:14

Αὕτη ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν σκάνδαλον αὐτοῖς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εὐλογήσουσι· διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• 1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
• Luke 16:27–28‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
• Luke 11:47–48Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
• Jeremiah 44:17Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the…

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