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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 49, Verse 20

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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
King James Version
Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
American Standard Version
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
New English Translation
Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.
World English Bible
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.
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.
3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
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Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
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And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
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I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
10
For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.