Psalms 49:20 · KJV
“Man {that is} in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts {that} perish.”
— Psalms 49:20
Psalms 49 — Context
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and {men} will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. {while...: Heb. in his life}
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. {He...: Heb. The soul shall}
20Man {that is} in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts {that} perish.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}
Psalms 49:12
Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Job 4:21
Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Psalms 73:18-19
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Esther 5:11-14
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all {the things} wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.