Psalms 49:13
What does Psalms 49:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 49:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862This their way <FI>is<Fi> folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
Context
v.12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
v.13This passage
v.14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
- Luke 11:47
Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- Luke 16:27
And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house;
- Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
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