Psalm 49:10
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
בָּעַר
bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעַר bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Study H1197 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →Cross References
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a...
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of ...
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