10 For all can see that the wise die,
    that the foolish and the senseless also perish,
    leaving their wealth to others.
11 Their tombs will remain their houses[a] for ever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,
    though they had[b] named lands after themselves.

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;
    they are like the beasts that perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have