Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. 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.
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.
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 Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names. 12 But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish. 13 This [is] the journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah
Psalm 49:20
Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.
Psalm 82:7
However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes."
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
I said to myself concerning {humans}, "God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts."
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man does not know his time. Just as fish are caught in a cruel net and like birds who are seized in a snare, so also {humans} are ensnared at a cruel time when it falls suddenly upon them.
James 1:10-11
but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.
1 Peter 1:24
For "all flesh [is] like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower falls off,