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.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Their 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 · 1611

Their 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 · 1901

Their 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 · 1949

The 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 · 1862

Their 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) · 1752

I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

Context

v.10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

v.11This passage

v.12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

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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