Psalm 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Note LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew Their inward thoughts
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.
Note all…: Heb. generation and generation
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Psalm 49:11
- Their inward, etc. Or, "Their grave is their house for ever, their dwelling place through all generations, though their names are celebrated over countries."
- Psalm 5:9; Psalm 64:6; Ezekiel 38:10; Luke 11:39; Acts 8:22
- all generations
- Heb. generation and generation. they call.
- Genesis 4:17; 1 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 18:18