The Meaning of Psalms 49:13 Explained

Psalms 49:13

KJV: This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

YLT: This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

Darby: This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

ASV: This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This their way  [is] their folly:  yet their posterity  approve  their sayings.  Selah. 

What does Psalms 49:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 49:1-20 - The Folly Of Trusting In Riches
Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to God's voice, and then unfold His dark sayings in music. However dark they may seem in their mystery and awe, they may be uttered in song. See Revelation 15:3-4.
The burden of the psalm is the impotence of wealth. The millionaire cannot prolong the life of his sick child. And even if, like Queen Elizabeth, he cries on his dying bed: "A million of money for a moment of time!" the sand passes unheeding through the hour-glass. He must leave stocks and shares, jewels and gold, at the summons of Death, described in Psalms 49:14 as the shepherd who calls his flock to fold it in Sheol, R.V. How different the lot of the righteous! As eternity dawns, they are redeemed from the power of the grave and pass to the bosom of God. What are the riches and glory of this world compared with the sense of God's presence in the humble and contrite heart! To have that is to have the essence of all! "Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee," Psalms 73:25. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 49

1  An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection
16  Worldly prosperity is not to be admired

What do the individual words in Psalms 49:13 mean?

This [is] the way of those who are foolish to and of their posterity their sayings who approve Selah
זֶ֣ה דַ֭רְכָּם כֵּ֣סֶל לָ֑מוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ סֶֽלָה

זֶ֣ה  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
דַ֭רְכָּם  the  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
כֵּ֣סֶל  of  those  who  are  foolish 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶל 
Sense: loins, flank.
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀  and  of  their  posterity 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
בְּפִיהֶ֖ם  their  sayings 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
יִרְצ֣וּ  who  approve 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
סֶֽלָה  Selah 
Parse: Interjection
Root: סֶלָה  
Sense: to lift up, exalt.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 49:13?

Loading Information...