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

But man in his pomp will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

King James Version

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Holman Bible

But despite his assets, man will not last;
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.

References

Easton

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,

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