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World English Bible

Psalm 49 (WEBP)

[1] Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
[2] both low and high, rich and poor together.
[3] My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
[4] I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
[5] Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
[6] Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
[7] none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
[8] For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
[9] that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
[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;
[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.

Psalm 49:14a Sheol is the place of the dead.
Psalm 49:14b Sheol is the place of the dead.
Psalm 49:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 49 (KJVS)

[1] Hear () this, all ye people; Give ear, () all ye inhabitants () of the world:
[2] Both low and high, Rich and poor, together.
[3] My mouth shall speak () of wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
[4] I will incline () mine ear to a parable: I will open () my dark saying upon the harp.
[5] Wherefore should I fear () in the days of evil, When the iniquity of my heels shall compass () me about?
[6] They that trust () in their wealth, And boast () themselves in the multitude of their riches;
[7] None of them can by any means () redeem () his brother, Nor give () to God a ransom for him:
[8] (For the redemption of their soul is precious, () And it ceaseth () for ever:)
[9] That he should still live () for ever, And not see () corruption.
[10] For he seeth () that wise men die, () Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, () and leave () their wealth to others.
[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.
[12] Nevertheless man being in honour abideth () not: He is like () the beasts that perish. ()
[13] This their way is their folly: Yet their posterity approve () their sayings. Selah.
[14] Like sheep they are laid () in the grave; Death shall feed () on them; And the upright shall have dominion () over them in the morning; And their beauty () shall consume () in the grave from their dwelling.
[15] But God will redeem () my soul from the power of the grave: For he shall receive () me. Selah.
[16] Be not thou afraid () when one is made rich, () When the glory of his house is increased; ()
[17] For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: () His glory shall not descend () after him.
[18] Though while he lived he blessed () his soul, And men will praise () thee, when thou doest well () to thyself.
[19] He shall go () to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see () light.
[20] Man that is in honour, and understandeth () not, Is like () the beasts that perish. ()

Psalm 49:11 Heb. to generation and generation
Psalm 49:13 Heb. delight in their mouth
Psalm 49:14 Or, strength
Psalm 49:15a Heb. from the hand of the grave
Psalm 49:15b Or, hell
Psalm 49:19 Heb. the soul shall go

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 49 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Κορε () ψαλμός. () Ἀκούσατε () ταῦτα, () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ἐνωτίσασθε, () πάντες () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () τὴν () οἰκουμένην, ()
[2] οἵ () τε () γηγενεῖς καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () πλούσιος () καὶ () πένης. ()
[3] Τὸ () στόμα () μου () λαλήσει () σοφίαν () καὶ () ἡ () μελέτη τῆς () καρδίας () μου () σύνεσιν· ()
[4] κλινῶ () εἰς () παραβολὴν () τὸ () οὖς () μου, () ἀνοίξω () ἐν () ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ () πρόβλημά μου. ()
[5] Ἵνα () τί () φοβοῦμαι ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () πονηρᾷ; () Ἡ () ἀνομία () τῆς () πτέρνης μου () κυκλώσει () με. ()
[6] Οἱ () πεποιθότες () ἐπὶ () τῇ () δυνάμει () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () πλήθει () τοῦ () πλούτου () αὐτῶν () καυχώμενοι, ()
[7] ἀδελφὸς () οὐ () λυτροῦται· λυτρώσεται ἄνθρωπος; () Οὐ () δώσει () τῷ () θεῷ () ἐξίλασμα αὐτοῦ ()
[8] καὶ () τὴν () τιμὴν () τῆς () λυτρώσεως () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐκόπασεν () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα () καὶ () ζήσεται () εἰς () τέλος, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ὄψεται () καταφθοράν, ὅταν () ἴδῃ () σοφοὺς () ἀποθνῄσκοντας. ()
[10] Ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () ἄφρων () καὶ () ἄνους ἀπολοῦνται () καὶ () καταλείψουσιν () ἀλλοτρίοις () τὸν () πλοῦτον () αὐτῶν, ()
[11] καὶ () οἱ () τάφοι () αὐτῶν () οἰκίαι () αὐτῶν () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () σκηνώματα () αὐτῶν () εἰς () γενεὰν () καὶ () γενεάν. () Ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὰ () ὀνόματα () αὐτῶν () ἐπὶ () τῶν () γαιῶν αὐτῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () τιμῇ () ὢν () οὐ () συνῆκεν, () παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς () κτήνεσιν () τοῖς () ἀνοήτοις () καὶ () ὡμοιώθη () αὐτοῖς. ()
[13] Αὕτη () ἡ () ὁδὸς () αὐτῶν () σκάνδαλον () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτῶν () εὐδοκήσουσιν. () Διάψαλμα.
[14] Ὡς () πρόβατα () ἐν () ᾅδῃ () ἔθεντο, () θάνατος () ποιμαίνει () αὐτούς· () καὶ () κατακυριεύσουσιν () αὐτῶν () οἱ () εὐθεῖς () τὸ () πρωί, () καὶ () ἡ () βοήθεια () αὐτῶν () παλαιωθήσεται () ἐν () τῷ () ᾅδῃ () ἐκ () τῆς () δόξης () αὐτῶν. ()
[15] Πλὴν () ὁ () θεὸς () λυτρώσεται τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ᾅδου, () ὅταν () λαμβάνῃ () με. () Διάψαλμα.
[16] Μὴ () φοβοῦ, ὅταν () πλουτήσῃ () ἄνθρωπος () καὶ () ὅταν () πληθυνθῇ () ἡ () δόξα () τοῦ () οἴκου () αὐτοῦ· ()
[17] ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐν () τῷ () ἀποθνῄσκειν () αὐτὸν () λήμψεται () τὰ () πάντα, () οὐδὲ () συγκαταβήσεται () αὐτῷ () ἡ () δόξα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[18] Ὅτι () ἡ () ψυχὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () ζωῇ () αὐτοῦ () εὐλογηθήσεται· () ἐξομολογήσεταί () σοι, () ὅταν () ἀγαθύνῃς αὐτῷ. ()
[19] Εἰσελεύσεται () ἕως () γενεᾶς () πατέρων () αὐτοῦ, () ἕως () αἰῶνος () οὐκ () ὄψεται () φῶς. ()
[20] Ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () τιμῇ () ὢν () οὐ () συνῆκεν, () παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς () κτήνεσιν () τοῖς () ἀνοήτοις () καὶ () ὡμοιώθη () αὐτοῖς. ()

Psalm 49:1 Originally verses 48:1–2.
Psalm 49:2 Originally verse 48:3.
Psalm 49:3 Originally verse 48:4.
Psalm 49:4 Originally verse 48:5.
Psalm 49:5 Originally verse 48:6.
Psalm 49:6 Originally verse 48:7.
Psalm 49:7 Originally verse 48:8.
Psalm 49:8 Originally verse 48:9.
Psalm 49:9 Originally verse 48:10.
Psalm 49:10 Originally verse 48:11.
Psalm 49:11 Originally verse 48:12.
Psalm 49:12 Originally verse 48:13.
Psalm 49:13 Originally verse 48:14.
Psalm 49:14 Originally verse 48:15.
Psalm 49:15 Originally verse 48:16.
Psalm 49:16 Originally verse 48:17.
Psalm 49:17 Originally verse 48:18.
Psalm 49:18 Originally verse 48:19.
Psalm 49:19 Originally verse 48:20.
Psalm 49:20 Originally verse 48:21.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.