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Psalms 49:11

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.
Psalms 49:11 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

    BBE

  • Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever,their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

    DBY

  • Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

    WEB

  • Their heart `is': Their houses `are' to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

    WBT

  • Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

    BSB

In context

9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11Their 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.

12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

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