Psalm 49:11 “Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless gene…”

Psalm 49:11

Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.

Darby Translation

Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.

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.

Bible in Basic English

The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

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Cross references

“Their inward, etc”

Psalm 5:9 Psalm 64:6 Ezekiel 38:10 Luke 11:39 Acts 8:22

Psalm 5:9 · BSB

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Psalm 64:6 · BSB

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Ezekiel 38:10 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Luke 11:39 · BSB

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Acts 8:22 · BSB

Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

“they call”

Genesis 4:17 2 Samuel 18:18 1 Samuel 15:12

Genesis 4:17 · BSB

And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.

2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’…

1 Samuel 15:12 · BSB

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

Also

Psalm 10:6 Deuteronomy 3:14

Psalm 10:6 · BSB

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

Deuteronomy 3:14 · BSB

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.

12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

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