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New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Holman Bible
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.
International Standard Version
Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.
A Conservative Version
A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
American Standard Version
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
Amplified
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Bible in Basic English
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Darby Translation
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Julia Smith Translation
Man in honor shall not understand; being like as the beasts, they perished.
King James 2000
Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.
Modern King James verseion
Man in honor, but without understanding, is like the animals; they shall perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts - and becometh like unto them.
NET Bible
Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.
New Heart English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
The Emphasized Bible
A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.
Webster
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
World English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.
Youngs Literal Translation
Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
19
his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.
20
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Cross References
Psalm 49:12
Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
Esther 5:11-14
And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.
Esther 7:10
And the king said, "Hang him on that."So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
Job 4:21
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'
Psalm 73:18-19
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.