Psalms 49:12
What does Psalms 49:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 49:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
- Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, It isbecause of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
- James 1:10
and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
- 1 Peter 1:24
For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
- Psalms 82:7
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.
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