Psalms 49:11
What does Psalms 49:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 49:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Their 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Their heart <FI>is<Fi> : Their houses <FI>are<Fi> to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 38:10
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:
- Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom’s monument, unto this day.
- 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
- Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Psalms 10:6
He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
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