11Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.


In Context

8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-

9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.

10 For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.

11 Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.

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

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. Selah

Psalms 49:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:11Their 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:11and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:11Their 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:11Their 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:11Their 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:11Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:11Their 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.