Psalms 49:12

Man — Living in all splendor and glory. Abideth not — All his dreams of perpetuating his name and estate, shall be confuted by experience.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless, man being in honor abideth not - No matter to what rank he may rise, no matter how much wealth he may accumulate, no matter how fix...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the (h) beasts [that] perish. (h) Concerning the death of the body.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man. Hebrew. 'adam . App-14. This corresponds with Psalms 49:20 . See the Structure, above.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 And man shall not abide in honor Having exposed the vain and delusory nature of the fancies entertained by the ungodly, he next shows tha...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. Man being in honor abideth not - However rich, wise, or honorabl...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nevertheless, &c.— Yet man, while he is in honour, understandeth or regardeth not; as the beasts are cut off, so is he, Psalms 49:13 . Th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. -The universality of death...
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

Being in honour abideth not] RV 'abideth not in honour.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abideth not. — This verse gives the kernel and the thought of, as it also serves as a refrain to, the poem, thus vindicating the claim of a lyric t...
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

This is a sad, but too true picture of unawakened, careless Christless sinners. How poor, and even like senseless animals for slaughter, is their lif...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not ,.... Or Adam: and some understand this of the first man Adam, who was created and crowned with glory...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish. Ver. 12. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not ] Howso...
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 Heb...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trus...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Notwithstanding all these fine fancies and devices man being in honour, living in all the splendour and glory above mentioned, abideth not. The H...
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 perpetu...
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

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. The worldling’s downfall I. A carnal man may possibly thrive a...
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

Nevertheless man being in honor, occupying the highest positions of honor and glory in this world, abideth not, passing away like a lodger who does...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:24 ; Ecclesiastes 3:18-21 ; Ecclesiastes 9:12 ; James 1:10 ; James 1:11 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Psalms 49:20 ; Psalms 82:7

¹² Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 49:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 49:12