Psalms 49:20

WEB

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

KJV

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Commentary

Commentary

Man that is in honour,.... A wicked man, as the Targum; See Gill on Psa 49:12 ; and understandeth not; from whence his riches and honour, come, and what use he shoul d make of them, and for what end he has them; or that understandeth not spiritual things, which relate to the salvation of his soul; who does not know God in Christ, nor the way of salvation by Christ; nor has any experience of the work of the Spirit of God upon his soul; nor has any spiritual understanding of the doctrines of the Gospel; nor knows himself, his state and condition, and what true happiness is: is like the beasts that perish; See Gill on Psa 49:12 . Next: Psalms Chapter 50 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Psalms: Psalm... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Psalms: Psalm... »