Psalm 49:12

New English Translation

but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

Cross References

Genesis 4:17

Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Psalm 49:20

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

Psalm 82:7

Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers.”

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

1 Peter 1:24

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,