Psalm 49:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

This their way is their folly: Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident, yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

Common English Bible

That’s how it goes for those who are foolish, as well as for those who follow their lead, pleased with their talk. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

Psalm 49:13 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: