Psalms Chapter 49 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 49:12

But man `being' in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
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BBE Psalms 49:12

But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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DARBY Psalms 49:12

Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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KJV Psalms 49:12

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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WBT Psalms 49:12

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
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WEB Psalms 49:12

But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
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YLT Psalms 49:12

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not. Against these" inward thoughts" and outward actions, the psalmist simply maintains the ground already taken (ver. 10): "Man, in whatever honour he may be, abideth not" - has but a short time to live. He is like the beasts that perish. He has no more continuance than many of the beasts; like them, he passes from earth.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Abideth not.--This verse gives the kernel and the thought of, as it also serves as a refrain to, the poem, thus vindicating the claim of a lyric tone for this didactic psalm. The reading of the LXX. and Vulg. ("without understanding" instead of "abideth not"), which brings Psalm 49:12 into exact correspondence with Psalm 49:20, is unquestionably to be adopted. The present text could not really express permanence, the Hebrew verb meaning to lodge temporarily.The next verse, too, is hardly intelligible, unless we read here--"Man, though in honour, without understanding,Is like the beasts; they perish."