Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves. New Living Translation The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves, English Standard Version Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. Berean Standard Bible Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. King James Bible Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. New King James Version Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. New American Standard Bible Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names. NASB 1995 Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names. NASB 1977 Their inner thought is, that their houses are forever, And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names. Legacy Standard Bible Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places from generation to generation; They have called their lands after their own names. Amplified Bible Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever, And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God]. Christian Standard Bible Their graves are their permanent homes, their dwellings from generation to generation, though they have named estates after themselves. Holman Christian Standard Bible Their graves are their eternal homes, their homes from generation to generation, though they have named estates after themselves. American Standard Version Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. Contemporary English Version The grave will be their home forever and ever, although they once had land of their own. English Revised Version Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. GOD'S WORD® Translation Although they named their lands after themselves, their graves have become their homes for ages to come, their dwelling places throughout every generation. Good News Translation Their graves are their homes forever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own. International Standard Version Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves. Majority Standard Bible Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. NET Bible Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves, New Heart English Bible Their tombs are their homes forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. Webster's Bible Translation Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. World English Bible Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTheir heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, "" Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands. Young's Literal Translation Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. Smith's Literal Translation The midst of them their houses forever, their dwellings to generation and generation; they called in their names upon their lands. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bibleand their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Their tombs are their homes forever, their dwellings through all generations, “They named countries after themselves” New Revised Standard Version Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTheir graves shall be their only habitations for ever, and their dwelling places throughout generations; their marked graves will be their only remembrance on earth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Their graves are their houses for eternity, and their dwelling for a generation of generations, and they read the names in the ground. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. Brenton Septuagint Translation And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, even their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Evanescence of Wealth…10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others. 11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations — even though their lands were their namesakes. 12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.… Cross References Luke 12:16-21 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ / Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. ... Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. / And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. James 4:13-14 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” / You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 1 Timothy 6:7-10 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. / But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. / Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. ... Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. / When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Job 27:16-17 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, / what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent. 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Mark 8:36-37 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? / Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Ecclesiastes 8:8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it. Luke 16:19-31 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ... Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. / When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. 1 Corinthians 7:31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away. Isaiah 5:8-10 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. / I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. / For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.” Treasury of Scripture Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. Psalm 64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. Ezekiel 38:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: all generations [heb. Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 2 Samuel 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. Jump to Previous Age Continue Dead Dwelling Dwelling-Places Dwellings Endure Forever Generation Generations Graves Heart Homes House Houses Inner Inward Lands Names Places Resting-Place Tabernacles Themselves Thought TombsJump to Next Age Continue Dead Dwelling Dwelling-Places Dwellings Endure Forever Generation Generations Graves Heart Homes House Houses Inner Inward Lands Names Places Resting-Place Tabernacles Themselves Thought TombsPsalm 49 1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired Their graves are their eternal homes This phrase speaks to the inevitable fate of all humanity, regardless of wealth or status. The Hebrew word for "graves" is "qeber," which signifies a burial place or tomb. In ancient Israelite culture, the grave was seen as the final resting place, a stark reminder of mortality. The phrase "eternal homes" underscores the permanence of death in the earthly sense. The Hebrew word "olam" is used here, often translated as "eternal" or "everlasting," indicating that once a person is laid to rest, their physical presence on earth ceases indefinitely. This serves as a humbling reminder that earthly achievements and possessions cannot alter the ultimate destiny of the body. their dwellings for endless generations even though they have named lands after themselves "They believe their houses will last for ever, Their dwelling places from generation to generation; They call the lands by their own names." The reading followed by the LXX., Chaldee, and Syriac, kibram for kirbam gives a different thought-- "Their graves are their homes, Their dwelling places for ever." (Comp. "his long home," Ecclesiastes 12:5.) The last clause, which literally runs, they call in their names upon lands, is by some explained (see Isaiah 44:5) to mean, "they are celebrated in their lands," which suits the text followed by the LXX. . . . Verse 11. - Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations. Still, though they know this, the rich and worldly have an idea - an "inward thought" - which they cherish, that they can m a certain sense escape death by founding families and leaving to their children substantial houses, which will keep up the family reputation, and accumulating landed estates, to which they may affix their name, so keeping their memories alive to future ages. They call their lands after their own names (see Genesis 10:2, 4, 6, 22, 23, 29, etc.; and compare the Greek traditions with respect to Hellen, Ion, Achaeus, Pelops, Cadmus, etc.). To call cities after their own names, or the names of their sons, was a still commoner practice of great men in the olden times (Genesis 4:17; Genesis 11:31; Exodus 1:11; 'Records of the Past,' vol. 1. p. 14; vol. 3. pp. 45, 92, 112; vol. 7. pp. 32, 39, etc.).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Their gravesקִרְבָּ֤ם (qir·bām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center are their eternal לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always homes— בָּתֵּ֨ימוֹ ׀ (bāt·tê·mōw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1004: A house their dwellings מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָם (miš·kə·nō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle for endless generations— לְדֹ֣ר (lə·ḏōr) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling even though עֲלֵ֣י (‘ă·lê) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against [their] lands אֲדָמֽוֹת׃ (’ă·ḏā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 127: Ground, land were their namesakes. קָֽרְא֥וּ (qā·rə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read Links Psalm 49:11 NIVPsalm 49:11 NLT Psalm 49:11 ESV Psalm 49:11 NASB Psalm 49:11 KJV Psalm 49:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 49:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 49:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 49:11 French Bible Psalm 49:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 49:11 Their inward thought is that their houses (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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