Psalms 49:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר בַּל־יָלִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾādām in-yəqār bal-yālîn nimšal like-the-bəhēmôt nidmû

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - 'and/but'
*ʾādām*: noun masculine singular - 'man/mankind'
*yəqār*: noun masculine singular with prefixed preposition bet - 'in honor'
*bal*: adverb of negation - 'not'
*yālîn*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'remains/endures'
*nimšal*: verb niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'is likened/compared'
*bəhēmôt*: noun feminine plural with prefixed preposition kaf and definite article - 'like the beasts'
*nidmû*: verb niphal perfect 3rd person plural - 'they are silenced/destroyed/cut off'

Word Meanings

*yəqār*: honor/dignity/precious state
*yālîn*: remains/stays/endures overnight
*nidmû*: they are silenced/cut off/destroyed/brought to an end

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Luke 16:27-28 : 27 And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house; 28 for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest {G3361} they also come into this place of torment.
1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Luke 11:47-48 : 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they {G3303} killed them, and ye build their tombs.

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