Psalm 49:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul, (and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul, And men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous, and though a man gets praise when he does well [for himself],

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Though they consider themselves blessed during their lives, and even thank you when you deal well with them,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.

Psalm 49:18 Cross References

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Deuteronomy 29:19

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

Hosea 12:8

And E´phra-im said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Esther 3:2

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mor´decai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

1 Samuel 25:6

and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

Job 3:15

or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.