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


In Context

9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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

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

13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

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 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 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.