Psalms 49:10 · KJV
“For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”
— Psalms 49:10
That he should still live for ever, {and} not see corruption.
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. {all...: Heb. generation and generation}
Psalms 49 — Context
(For the redemption of their soul {is} precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9That he should still live for ever, {and} not see corruption.
10For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11Their 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. {all...: Heb. generation and generation}
12Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.
Cross References
Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}
Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock {is} a doctrine of vanities. {altogether: Heb. in one, or, at once}
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Psalms 73:22
So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}