Psalms 49:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.”
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“A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 49:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
- Psalms 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- 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.”
- Ecclesiastes 11:8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
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