Parallel Verses
Amplified
Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].
New American Standard Bible
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.
International Standard Version
Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves.
A Conservative Version
Their inward thought is [that] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
The midst of them their houses forever, their dwellings to generation and generation; they called in their names upon their lands.
King James 2000
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names.
Modern King James verseion
Their inward thought is that their houses shall go on forever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And yet they think that their houses shall continue forever, and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another; and call the lands after their own names.
NET Bible
Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
New Heart English Bible
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
The Emphasized Bible
Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands!
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
Youngs Literal Translation
Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Themes
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Adonijah
Trust » Those that trust in wealth
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
10
For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his
Psalm 64:6
They devise acts of injustice, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plan.”
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep (mysterious, unsearchable).
Psalm 5:9
For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son (descendant) of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is Bashan, and called it after his own name, Havvoth (the villages of) Jair, as it is called to this day.)
1 Samuel 15:12
When Samuel got up early in the morning to meet Saul, he was told, “Saul came to
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have
Psalm 10:6
He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”
Ezekiel 38:10
‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,
Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him,
Acts 8:22
So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this thought of your heart may be forgiven you.