Bible verse
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 49:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 49.
6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
KJV
For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
ASV
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
ERV
For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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