Psalm 49:13
New International Version
This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.

New Living Translation
This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude

English Standard Version
This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah

Berean Standard Bible
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah

King James Bible
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

New King James Version
This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah

New American Standard Bible
This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah

NASB 1995
This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

NASB 1977
This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah.

Legacy Standard Bible
This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who are pleased with their words. Selah.

Amplified Bible
This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident, And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.

Christian Standard Bible
This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. Selah

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. Selah

American Standard Version
This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This their way is a subversion to their souls, and in the end they will feed like sheep with their mouths.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

Contemporary English Version
Here is what happens to fools and to those who trust the words of fools:

Douay-Rheims Bible
This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

English Revised Version
This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the final outcome for fools and their followers who are delighted by what they say: [Selah]

Good News Translation
See what happens to those who trust in themselves, the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth--

International Standard Version
This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude

JPS Tanakh 1917
This is the way of them that are foolish, And of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah

Literal Standard Version
This their way [is] folly for them, | And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.

Majority Standard Bible
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah

New American Bible
This is the way of those who trust in themselves, and the end of those who take pleasure in their own mouth. Selah

NET Bible
This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah)

New Revised Standard Version
Such is the fate of the foolhardy, the end of those who are pleased with their lot. Selah

New Heart English Bible
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

Webster's Bible Translation
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

World English Bible
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

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Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. 13This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah 14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.…

Cross References
Psalm 49:18
Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul--and men praise you when you prosper--

Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool."


Treasury of Scripture

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

folly

Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

approve their sayings [heb.

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

Luke 11:47,48
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them…

Luke 16:27,28
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: …

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Psalm 49
1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection
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(13) This their way--i.e., the folly mentioned in the (amended) preceding verse, and described in Psalm 49:11.

Is their folly--i.e., is a way of folly.

Verse 13. - This their way is their folly; or, their vain conceit (Kay). By "their way" must be understood the course of conduct described in vers. 7-12. Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Their descendants, or those who come after them, notwithstanding the foolishness of their course, adopt their principles and delight in them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This
זֶ֣ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

is the fate
דַ֭רְכָּם (ḏar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the self-confident
כֵּ֣סֶל (kê·sel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3689: Fatness, the loin, the viscera, silliness, trust

and their followers
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ (wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

who endorse
יִרְצ֣וּ (yir·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

their sayings.
בְּפִיהֶ֖ם (bə·p̄î·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause


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