Parallel Verses
Amplified
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
New American Standard Bible
He is like the
King James Version
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Holman Bible
he is like the animals that perish.
International Standard Version
But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.
A Conservative Version
Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
American Standard Version
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Bible in Basic English
But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Darby Translation
Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Julia Smith Translation
And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished.
King James 2000
Nevertheless man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish.
Modern King James verseion
But man, though high in honor, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.
NET Bible
but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
New Heart English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
The Emphasized Bible
But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:
Webster
Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
World English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
Youngs Literal Translation
And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Themes
Beasts » Described as » Devoid of immortality
Earthly » Of priests honour » Transitory
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Trust » Those that trust in wealth
Wealth » Those that trust in wealth
Topics
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
11
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.
This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,
And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Psalm 49:20
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 82:7
“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
James 1:10-11
and the rich man is to glory in being humbled [by trials revealing human frailty, knowing true riches are found in the grace of God], for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
For,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,