Psalm 49:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ For he sees wise men die, The foolish and the ignorant both perish, And shall leave their wealth to others.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ For he seeth that wise men die, Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ For he sees that even wise men die; the [self-confident] fool and the stupid alike perish and leave their wealth to others.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Everyone knows that the wise die too, just like foolish and stupid people do, all of them leaving their fortunes to others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.

Psalm 49:10 Cross References

Psalm 17:14

From men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

Psalm 39:6

“As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.

Psalm 49:17

For when he dies he takes none of it; His wealth does not go down after him.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward You.

Psalm 89:49

יהוה, where are Your former kindnesses, Which You swore to Dawiḏ

Psalm 94:8

Take heed, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when would you become wise?

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.

Proverbs 30:2

For I am more stupid than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His eyes. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, to give to him who is good before Elohim. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both brutish and foolish, an instruction of worthlessness is the tree.

Jeremiah 17:11

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches, but not by right. It leaves him in the midst of his days, and at his end he is a fool.”

Luke 12:20

“But Elohim said to him, ‘You mindless one! This night your life shall be demanded from you. And who shall own what you have prepared?’

Hebrews 9:27

And as it awaits men to die once, and after this the judgment,