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Psalm 49:20
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
Psalm 49:20 · World English Bible
Psalm 49:20 in other translations
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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In context
17 for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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