Psalms 49:10

Psalms chapter 49 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Context

v.9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

v.10This passage

v.11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Psalms 17:14

    From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is inthislife, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • 1 Timothy 6:6

    But godliness with contentment is great gain:

  • Psalms 39:6

    Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.