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Psalm 49:20 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁰ Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

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

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

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

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

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

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And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’

Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.