Psalm 49:10
New International Version
For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.

New Living Translation
Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

English Standard Version
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.

Berean Standard Bible
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

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

New King James Version
For he sees wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, And leave their wealth to others.

New American Standard Bible
For he sees that even wise people die; The foolish and the stupid alike perish And leave their wealth to others.

NASB 1995
For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.

NASB 1977
For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Legacy Standard Bible
For he sees that even wise men die; The fool and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.

Amplified Bible
For he sees that even wise men die; The fool and the stupid alike perish And leave their wealth to others.

Christian Standard Bible
For one can see that the wise die; the foolish and stupid also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For one can see that wise men die; foolish and stupid men also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.

American Standard Version
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
When you shall see the wise who die together with fools, and feeble minds who are perishing, and leave their possessions to others,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

Contemporary English Version
We see that wise people die, and so do stupid fools. Then their money is left for someone else.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:

English Revised Version
For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Indeed, one can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their riches to others.

Good News Translation
Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.

International Standard Version
Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For he seeth that wise men die, The fool and the brutish together perish, And leave their wealth to others.

Literal Standard Version
For he sees wise men die, | Together the foolish and brutish perish, | And have left their wealth to others.

Majority Standard Bible
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

New American Bible
Indeed, he will see that the wise die, and the fool will perish together with the senseless, and they leave their wealth to others.

NET Bible
Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.

New Revised Standard Version
When we look at the wise, they die; fool and dolt perish together and leave their wealth to others.

New Heart English Bible
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

World English Bible
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Young's Literal Translation
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

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Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
9that he should live on forever and not see decay. 10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. 11Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.…

Cross References
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?'

Psalm 39:6
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalm 73:22
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.

Psalm 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Psalm 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.


Treasury of Scripture

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

wise

Ecclesiastes 2:16-21
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool…

Ecclesiastes 9:1,2
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them…

Romans 5:12-14
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: …

fool

Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Psalm 92:6,7
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this…

Psalm 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

leave

Psalm 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Psalm 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Psalm 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

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(10) For he seeth.--The clauses are wrongly divided in the Authorised Version. Translate--

"On the contrary he must see it (the grave),

Wise men must die . . .

Likewise the fool and the stupid must perish."

The wealth of the prudent will not avail any more for indefinite prolongation of life, than that of fools.

Verse 10. - For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. The rich man must see that any hope of ransoming himself by means of his wealth, and so escaping death and the grave, is vain, since the law of mortality, which is in operation all around him, is universal. No one is redeemed from death, in the sense of escaping "the first death." Not only do "the fool and the brutish person" perish, but the fate of "the wise" is the same. All die; all quit the earth; all leave behind them everything that they possessed on earth; no one can take with him the gold in which he has trusted (ver. 6); all leave their wealth to others.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it is clear
יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that wise
חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

men die,
יָמ֗וּתוּ (yā·mū·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and the foolish
כְּסִ֣יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

and the senseless
וָבַ֣עַר (wā·ḇa·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1198: Foot, of cattle brutishness, stupid

both
יַ֤חַד (ya·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

perish
יֹאבֵ֑דוּ (yō·ḇê·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and leave
וְעָזְב֖וּ (wə·‘ā·zə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

their wealth
חֵילָֽם׃ (ḥê·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

to others.
לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים (la·’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other


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