Psalm 49:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals 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 hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Job 10:21

before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

Job 4:21

Their tent cord is plucked up within them, and they die devoid of wisdom.’

Psalm 49:12

Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Even those who live many years should rejoice in them all, yet let them remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.