Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.
New American Standard Bible
He is like the
King James Version
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Holman Bible
he is like the animals that perish.
A Conservative Version
Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish.
American Standard Version
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Amplified
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
Bible in Basic English
But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Darby Translation
Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Julia Smith Translation
And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished.
King James 2000
Nevertheless man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish.
Modern King James verseion
But man, though high in honor, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.
NET Bible
but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
New Heart English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
The Emphasized Bible
But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:
Webster
Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
World English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
Youngs Literal Translation
And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Themes
Beasts » Described as » Devoid of immortality
Earthly » Of priests honour » Transitory
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Trust » Those that trust in wealth
Wealth » Those that trust in wealth
Topics
References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
11 Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves. 12 But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals. 13 This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude
Cross References
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
Psalm 49:20
Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.
Psalm 82:7
However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'
Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
"As for human beings," I told myself, "God puts them to the test, that they might see themselves as mere animals."
Ecclesiastes 9:12
In addition, no human being knows his time: Like fish captured in a cruel net, or as birds caught in a snare, so also are human beings caught by bad timing that surprises them.
James 1:10-11
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,