King James Version
Psalms 49:13 in the King James Version says “This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. approve: Heb. delight in their mouth” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. approve: Heb. delight in their mouth”
Psalms 49:13 · KJV
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. all: Heb. generation and generation
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. approve: Heb. delight in their mouth
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. beauty: or, strength in the grave from: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or, hell
KJV Study — Public Domain
“This their way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“is their folly”
H3689properly, fatness, i.e., by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness o
“yet their posterity”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“their sayings”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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