12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.


In Context

9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

11 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.

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

13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

Psalm 49:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:12But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:12And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:12But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:12Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:12But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:12Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish.