Psalms 49:20

Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Esther 5:11-14; Esther 7:10; Job 4:21; Psalms 49:12; Psalms 73:1; Psalms 73:18

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Man that is in honor - Man that is in possession of wealth, or that occupies an exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 49:12 . And understande...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Man [that is] in honour, and (q) understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish. (q) He condemns man's ingratitude, who having received excelle...
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 Psa...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20 Man is in honor, and will not understand (237) Here the prophet, that he may not be understood as having represented the present life, w...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 583 THE DEGRADED STATE OF MAN Psalms 49:20 . Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. MAN, whe...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Man that is in honor - The rich and honorable man who has no spirit...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Slightly varied from Psalms 49:12 , as is usual in Hebrew poetr...
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 fr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

And understandeth not ] Those who perish like the beasts are not the rich as such, but the rich who do not know God.
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...
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 voic...
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 ma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a close is here made to the rich man's pomp! How terrible is death to all such characters! Wherein doth he differ from the brutes that perish? A...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! while perusing this Psalm, and beholding the death of the rich voluptuary, do not forget that there are poor voluptuaries, as we...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Man [that is] in honour ,.... A wicked man, as the Targum; Psalms 49:12 ; and understandeth not ; from whence his riches and honour, come, and w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish. Ver. 20. Man that is in honour and understandeth not ] Versus a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not That is, hath not true wisdom to know and consider what he is, and what is his true business and inter...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Understandeth not, i.e. hath not true wisdom, to know and consider what he is, and what his true business and interest in this world is, and what u...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Upright Are Not Therefore To Be Concerned About The Way That The Rich Seem To Flourish, For In The End The Rich Who Do Not Have True Understandi...
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 psa...
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...
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, giv...
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 Im...
The Biblical Illustrator

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. Empty-handed we depart I remember an Eastern legend which I...
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...
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 con...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Man that is in honor, enjoying wealth, good fortune, the esteem of men, and understandeth not, continuing in fleshly security, is like the beasts...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Understandeth not — Hath not true wisdom. The beasts — Though he hath the outward shape of a man, yet in truth he is a beast, a stupid, and unreaso...

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 49:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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