Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 49 connects to 9 cross-references. A wisdom psalm of the Korahites addressing all peoples and meditating on the fate of those who trust in wealth and boast of great riches. Even the wise die and leave their wealth to others. But God will ransom the …
Other Translations
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Cross References
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things …
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, …
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that …
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so …