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Psalms 49:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 49:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:209 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּ֭בוֹאtābwōʾ
it will goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
דּ֣וֹרdwōr
the generation ofnounH1755
evermore · generation · ever · posterity
אֲבוֹתָ֑י/וʾăbwōtāyw
ancestors hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
נֵ֝֗צַחnēṣaḥ
perpetuitynounH5331
constantly · end · ever · perpetual ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִרְאוּyirəʾw
they will seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֽוֹרʾwōr
lightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 49:20

The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 49 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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