Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Psalms 49:2 in other translations
| BSB | both low and high, rich and poor alike. |
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| WEB | both low and high, rich and poor together. |
| ASV | Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| YLT | Both low and high, together rich and needy. |
| DARBY | Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike. |
| BBE | High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth. |
| Webster | Both low and high, rich and poor together. |
What does Psalms 49:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 49:1-3
Psa 49:1-20. This Psalm instructs and consoles. It teaches that earthly advantages are not reliable for permanent happiness, and that, however prosperous worldly men may be for a time, their ultimate destiny is ruin, while the pious are safe in God's care. 1-3. All are called to hear what interests all. world--literally, "duration of life," the present time.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 49:1-5
We seldom meet with a more solemn introduction: there is no truth of greater importance. Let all hear this with application to ourselves. The poor are in danger from undue desire toward the wealth of the world, as rich people from undue delight in it. The psalmist begins with applying it to himself, and that is the right method in which to treat of Divine things. Before he sets down the folly of carnal security, he…
Psalms 49:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 49:2
- Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- James 2:1-7
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? …
- 1 Samuel 2:7-8
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- Jeremiah 5:4-5
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
- James 1:9-11
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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Context
- Psalms 49:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
- Psalms 49:3
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así los plebeyos como los nobles, el rico y el pobre juntamente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous, tous les peuples, entendez ceci; vous, tous les habitants du monde, prêtez l’oreille; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sowohl Menschensöhne als Männersöhne, Reiche und Arme allzumal! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ex Sion species decoris ejus: |