Thoughts From Psalm 49

 

Thoughts From Psalm 49

 

:2 “Both sons of mankind and sons of men.” The Scriptures

:2 “Both low and high, rich and poor together.” NKJV

:2 “regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!” CJB

 

:10-11 “For he sees wise men die, the foolish and the ignorant both perish and shall leave their wealth to others. Their inner thoughts are their houses, forever; their dwelling places, to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.” (the italics are added by the translator) The Scriptures

:10-11 “For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless person perish and leave their wealth to others. There inner thoughts is that their houses will last forever, their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.” (the italics are added by the translator) NKJV

:10-11 “For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others. They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generation; they give their own names to their estates.” CJB

 

This is why you need to be careful when you select a version of The Bible to read and study!

I use all three of these and others in my reading and study of The Bible. You should have at least two different versions for reading and especially for studying. You will see the different words, sentence structure and punctuation that different translators use. I also checked KJV and TLV, they agree with the other versions.

 

As I read this morning in Psalm 49 from The Scriptures version I asked myself, “What is the difference between ‘sons of mankind and sons of men’ in verse 2?

Then as I read verses 10-11 it seemed to me to say that in death their torment was remembering their past.

 

When you see the use of added words, that in most translations are Italicized, and reread the verse without them it can change the meaning that you get with the added words. This is important to understand that the added words are supposed to help the passage make more sense but can change the understanding of the reader from the original message.

 

So “sons of mankind and sons of men” are not two different types of creatures but two different classes of people, rich or poor. And verses 10-11 are not saying remembering the past is the torment of eternal judgment, though it may be part of it. Psalm 49 is talking about the futility of man’s plans and dreams of how he will be remembered. Rich or poor, upright or dishonest all men go to the grave.

 

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