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Psalm 49:13
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalm 49:13 · World English Bible
Psalm 49:13 in other translations
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
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In context
10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
12 But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
16 Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
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