Parallel Verses

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.

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.

References

Easton

Context Readings

Misplaced Trust In Wealth

11 Their inner thought is that their houses are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have called their lands after their own names.
12 But man in his pomp will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

Cross References

Psalm 39:5

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

Psalm 49:20

Man in his pomp, yet without understanding,
Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 82:7

“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”

Ecclesiastes 3:18-21

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

James 1:10-11

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

1 Peter 1:24

For,
All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

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