20A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.


In Context

17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.

Psalm 49:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:20Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:20Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:20Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.