Parallel Verses
King James Version
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
New American Standard Bible
Is
Holman Bible
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.
International Standard Version
Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.
A Conservative Version
A man who is in splendor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
American Standard Version
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
Amplified
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Bible in Basic English
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Darby Translation
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Julia Smith Translation
Man in honor shall not understand; being like as the beasts, they perished.
King James 2000
Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.
Modern King James verseion
Man in honor, but without understanding, is like the animals; they shall perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts - and becometh like unto them.
NET Bible
Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.
New Heart English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
The Emphasized Bible
A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.
Webster
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
World English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.
Youngs Literal Translation
Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Esther 5:11-14
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Job 4:21
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
Psalm 73:18-19
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.