Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished.
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.
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 The midst of them their houses forever, their dwellings to generation and generation; they called in their names upon their lands. 12 And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished. 13 This their way folly to them: and those after them will delight in their mouth. Silence.
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou gavest my days a hand-breadth, and my life as nothing before thee: but every man stood all vanity. Silence.
Psalm 49:20
Man in honor shall not understand; being like as the beasts, they perished.
Psalm 82:7
But as man shall ye die, and as one of the chiefs shall ye fall.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
I said in my heart concerning the speeches of the sons of man, for God to separate them, and for them to see that they are cattle to themselves.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For also man knew not his time: as the fishes being laid hold of in an evil net, and as the birds laid hold of in the snare, as they, the sons of men being snared for an evil time, as it will fall upon them suddenly.
James 1:10-11
And the rich, in his humiliation: for as the flower of the grass he shall pass by.
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass dried up, and the flower fell out: