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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 49, Verse 12

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11
Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
King James Version
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
American Standard Version
But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
New English Translation
but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.
World English Bible
But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
13
This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20
Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
1
A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.