12But man abideth not in honour: 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 seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together 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 abideth not in honour: 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: 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.