Psalm 49:10 Parallel Translations

Indeed, one can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their riches to others.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

ASV:

For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.

ERV:

For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

JPS:

For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

WBS:

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

WEB:

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

YLT:

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Psalm 49:10 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 39:6 "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 92:6 A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this:

Psalm 94:8 Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones?

Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!

Ecclesiastes 2:18 Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

Luke 12:20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

49:10 For he seeth [that] wise men {f} die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to {g} others.
(f) In that that death makes no difference between the persons.
(g) That is, not to their children, but to strangers. Yet the wicked profit not by these examples, but still dream of immortality on earth.

WES:

49:10 He seeth - Every man sees that all men die, the wise and the foolish; the evil and the good. To others - He saith not to sons or kindred; but to others, because he is wholly uncertain to whom he shall leave them, to friends, or strangers, or enemies; which he mentions as a great vanity in riches. They neither can save them from death, nor will accompany him in and after death; and after his death will be disposed, he knows not how, nor to whom.

MHC:

49:6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the world; that lies nearest the heart. But with all their wealth they cannot save the life of the dearest friend they have. This looks further, to the eternal redemption to be wrought out by the Messiah. The redemption of the soul shall cost very dear; but, being once wrought, it shall never need to be repeated. And he, the Redeemer, shall rise again before he sees corruption, and then shall live for evermore, Re 1:18. This likewise shows the folly of worldly people, who sell their souls for that which will never buy them. With all their wealth they cannot secure themselves from the stroke of death. Yet one generation after another applaud their maxims; and the character of a fool, as drawn by heavenly Wisdom itself, Lu 12:16-21, continues to be followed even among professed Christians. Death will ask the proud sinner, Where is thy wealth, thy pomp? And in the morning of the resurrection, when all that sleep in the dust shall awake, the upright shall be advanced to the highest honour, when the wicked shall be filled with everlasting shame and contempt, Da 12:2. Let us now judge of things as they will appear in that day. The beauty of holiness is that alone which the grave cannot touch, or damage.

CONC:

Alike Behaviour Brutish Destruction Die Fool Foolish Leave Letting Likewise Low Perish Persons Sees Senseless Stupid Wealth Wise Yea

Alike Behaviour Brutish Destruction Die End Fool Foolish Letting Likewise Others Perish Persons Senseless Stupid Together Wealth Wise

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