Psalm 49:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁰ Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ A man who is held in honor and understands not is like the beasts that perish.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Wealthy people? They just don’t understand; they’re just like the animals that pass away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother's son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:

Psalm 49:20 Cross References

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor´decai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Job 10:21

before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 4:21

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die, even without wisdom.

Psalm 49:12

Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.