Psalms 49:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approveb their sayings. Selah. ”

Psalms 49:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This their way is their folly - This might be rendered, “This is their way or course of life. It is their folly;” or, such is their folly. On the word “way,” see the notes at Psalms 1:6 . The id...
Psalms 49:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity (i) approve their sayings. Selah. (i) They speak and do the same thing that their fathers did.
Psalms 49:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLIX. The Immortality of the Righteous. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20 , and it probably stood originally after...
Psalms 49:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Selah. Connecting the fact of Psalms 49:14 with their thought of verses: Psalms 49:11 ; Psalms 49:12 , and explaining the folly of Psalms 49:13 . See App-66.
Psalms 49:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 This their way is foolishness As this verse has been variously rendered, I shall briefly, before giving my own sense of it, state the views which have been taken by others. As the Hebrew...
Psalms 49:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 582 THE FOLLY OF WORLDLY MEN Psalms 49:13 . This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. IT is generally supposed that wisdom pertains chiefly, if not e...
Psalms 49:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Their posterity approve their sayinys - Go the same way; adopt their maxims.
Psalms 49:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. This their way (is) their folly - "their way," whereby they virtually think themselves immortal, and therefore...
Psalms 49:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his...
Psalms 49:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This their way — i.e. , the folly mentioned in the (amended) preceding verse, and described in Psalms 49:11 . Is their folly — i.e. , is a way of folly.
Psalms 49:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 49:1-20 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present...
Psalms 49:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Trusting in Riches Psalms 49:1-20 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to...
Psalms 49:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. Ther...
Psalms 49:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a sad, but too true picture of unawakened, careless Christless sinners. How poor, and even like senseless animals for slaughter, is their life. How fearful their end!
Psalms 49:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This their way [is] their folly ,.... This their last end becoming like the beasts that perish, which is the issue and event of all their confidence, ambition, and honour, shows the folly of their l...
Psalms 49:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Ver. 13. This their way is their folly ] This their fond conceit of an immortality is an egregious folly, fully c...
Psalms 49:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nevertheless Notwithstanding all these fine fancies; man being in honour Living in all the splendour and glory above mentioned; abideth not Hebrew, בל ילין, bal jalin, shall not lodge for a ni...
Psalms 49:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the mul...
Psalms 49:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This their way, i.e. their counsel and contrivance to immortalize themselves. Is their folly; though to themselves and some otters it seem to be wisdom, yet in truth it is apparent folly and madn...
Psalms 49:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Man's Vain Attempt To Perpetuate Himself Will Be In Vain Whatever He Does ( Psalms 49:11-13 ). Men do in their own ineffective way seek to perpetuate themselves. They think that they will live for...
Psalms 49:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are...
Psalms 49:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descript...
Psalms 49:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:...
Psalms 49:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of society Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of...
Psalms 49:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1-19 , and Psalms 73:1-19 . It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, who...
Psalms 49:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Kora...
Psalms 49:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:19 ; Jeremiah 44:17 ; Luke 11:47 ; Luke 11:48 ; Luke 12:20 ; Luke 16:27 ; Luke 16:28
Psalms 49:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Way — Their contrivance to immortalize themselves.

Psalms 49:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 49:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 49:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 49:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 49:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 49:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 49:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 49:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 49:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 49:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes