Parallel Verses
King James Version
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
New American Standard Bible
The
And
Holman Bible
foolish and stupid men also pass away.
Then they leave their wealth to others.
International Standard Version
Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others.
A Conservative Version
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
American Standard Version
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Amplified
For he sees that even wise men die;
The fool and the stupid alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.
Bible in Basic English
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Darby Translation
For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
Julia Smith Translation
For he shall see the wise shall die: together the fool and the stupid one shall perish, and they left their wealth to others.
King James 2000
For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Modern King James verseion
For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.
NET Bible
Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.
New Heart English Bible
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
The Emphasized Bible
For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:
Webster
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
World English Bible
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Youngs Literal Translation
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
Themes
death » Great reaper » Wise and foolish alike are smitten by him
Man » Mortality of » Universality of
Riches » The wicked » Must leave, to others
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
Trust » Those that trust in wealth
Universal » Blessing, possible » death
Wealth » Those that trust in wealth
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalm 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Psalm 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalm 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalm 92:6-7
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Ecclesiastes 2:16-21
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:13-16
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Romans 5:12-14
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: