Psalms 49:12

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“But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.”

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BSBPD

“But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 49:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
  2. Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
  3. Psalms 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
  4. Psalms 82:7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
  5. Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
  6. Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
  7. James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
  8. 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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