Verse 10
Psalms 49:10
Young's Literal Translation
10
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וִֽ/יחִי ע֥וֹד לָ/נֶ֑צַח לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַ/שָּֽׁחַת
English Translation
And he will live forever; he will not see destruction.
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Chapter 49 Context
1
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitan...
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Both low and high, together rich and needy.
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My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
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I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
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Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
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Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God (Elohim) his atonement.
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And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
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And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
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For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their we...
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Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaim...
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And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
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As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them...
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Only, God (Elohim) doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
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Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
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For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
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For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
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It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
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Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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