12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [a]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(A)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(B)

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20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
(A)Is like the beasts that perish.

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20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(A)
    are like the beasts that perish.(B)

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22 (A)I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

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22 I was senseless(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(B) before you.

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16 For there is (A)no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!

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16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(A)
    the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(B)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(C)

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