Psalm 49:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ Man cannot abide in his pomp, he 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

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.

Job 10:21

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

Job 4:21

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

Psalm 49:12

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

Ecclesiastes 11:8

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.