Psalms 49 · Verse 11

Psalms 49:11

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.
Psalms 49:11, King James Version

Psalms 49:11 in other translations

BSBTheir graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
WEBTheir inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
ASVTheir 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.
YLTTheir heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
DARBYTheir inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
BBEThe 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.
WebsterTheir 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.

What does Psalms 49:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Still infatuated and flattered with hopes of perpetuity, they call their lands, or "celebrate their names on account of (their) lands."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever - Thus, by interpolation, we have endeavored to patch up a sense to this clause. Instead of קרבם kirbam, their inward part, the Septuagint appear to have used a copy in which the second and third letters have been transposed קברם kibram, their sepulchres; for they translate: Και οἱ ταφοι αυτων οικιαι αυτων εις τον αιωνα· "For their graves are their dwellings for ever." So six or seven feet long, and two or three wide, is sufficient to hold the greatest conqueror in the universe! What a small house for the quondam possessor of numerous palaces and potent kingdoms! They call their lands after their own names - There would have been no evil in this if it had not been done on an infidel principle. They expected no state but the present; and if they could not continue themselves, yet they took as much pains as possible to perpetuate their memorial.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 49:6-14

Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their…

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Psalms 49:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קִרְבָּ֤םkir.Baminner being theirH7130
בָּתֵּ֨ימוֹ\׀ba.Tei.movhouses theirH1004
לְֽעוֹלָ֗םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָםMish.ke.no.tomdwelling places theirH4908
לְדֹ֣רle.Dorto a generationH1755
וָדֹ֑רva.Dorand a generationH1755
קָֽרְא֥וּka.re.'Uthey calledH7121
בִ֝שְׁמוֹתָ֗םvish.mo.Tamwith names theirH8034
עֲלֵ֣י'a.LeionH5921
אֲדָמֽוֹת\׃'a.da.MotlandsH127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 49:11

  • Genesis 4:17

    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

  • Psalms 5:9

    For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Psalms 64:6

    They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

  • 2 Samuel 18:18

    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

  • Ezekiel 38:10

    Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

  • Psalms 10:6

    He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

  • Acts 8:22

    Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  • 1 Samuel 15:12

    And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

  • Luke 11:39

    And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

  • Deuteronomy 3:14

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan–havoth–jair, unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Their inward, etc.Or, "Their grave is their house for ever, their dwelling place through all generations, though their names are celebrated over countries."
5:9; 64:6; Eze 38:10; Lu 11:39; Ac 8:22
all generations. Heb. generation and generation. they call.
Ge 4:17; 1Sa 15:12; 2Sa 18:18

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Context

  • Psalms 49:10

    For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Psalms 49:11

    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.

  • Psalms 49:12

    Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En su interior tienen que sus casas serán eternas, y sus habitaciones para generación y generación: llamaron sus tierras de sus nombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il voit que les sages meurent, que le sot et l’insensé périssent pareillement et laissent leurs biens à d’autres.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr Gedanke ist, daß ihre Häuser stehen in Ewigkeit, ihre Wohnungen von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht; sie nennen Ländereien nach ihrem Namen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cognovi omnia volatilia cæli, et pulchritudo agri mecum est.