Psalm 49:12 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

¹² But yet in honour shall not man abide continually; But passing hence, may be compar'd unto the beasts that die.

See the chapter Copy

More versions

¹² Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

See the chapter Copy

¹² But man, with all his honor and pomp, does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.

See the chapter Copy

¹² But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

See the chapter Copy

¹² People won’t live any longer because of wealth; they’re just like the animals that pass away.

See the chapter Copy

¹² If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.

See the chapter Copy

¹² If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

See the chapter Copy

Lo, thou my days an handbreadth mad'st; mine age is in thine eye As nothing: sure each man at best is wholly vanity.

Man honour'd wanting knowledge is like beasts that perish quite.

But ye shall die like men, and as one of the princes fall.