Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
New American Standard Bible
Is
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.
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
19 It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light. 20 Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Cross References
Psalm 49:12
And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Esther 5:11-14
and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.
Esther 7:10
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Job 4:21
Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
Psalm 73:18-19
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.