A man who has riches without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 49:20 in context
Psalms 49:17–20
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for when he dies he will carry nothing away.
His glory won’t descend after him.
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
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he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
They shall never see the light.
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A man who has riches without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.
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