Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:
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.
Amplified
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
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.
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 are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands! 12 But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble: 13 This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.
Psalm 49:20
A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.
Psalm 82:7
But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.
James 1:10-11
Whereas the rich, in his being brought low, - because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
1 Peter 1:24
Inasmuch as - All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass, - The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,