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Psalm 49:20

20  mMan in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalm 49:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding

are like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 People who boast of their wealth don’t understand;

they will die, just like animals.

Psalm 49:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Rich people with no understanding

are just like animals that die.

Psalm 49:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 Mortals, with what they treasure, still don’t have understanding. 

They are like animals that die. 

Psalm 49:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 A man with valuable possessions

but without understanding

is like the animals that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;

they are like the animals that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Humankind in its pomp, but does not understand,

is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 People who have riches but don’t understand

are like the animals. They die.

Psalm 49:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Man in his pomp, yet without understanding,

Is like the beasts that perish.


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