Psalms 49:6

New American Standard Bible

Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They trust in their wealthand boast of their abundant riches.

Hebrew Names Version
Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches --

King James Version
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

English Standard Version
those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

New Century Version
They trust in their money and brag about their riches.

New English Translation
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Amplified Bible
Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth And boast of the abundance of their riches?

World English Bible
Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches --

Geneva Bible (1587)
They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

Legacy Standard Bible
Even those who trust in their wealthAnd boast in the abundance of their riches?

Berean Standard Bible
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Contemporary English Version
They trust in their riches and brag about all of their wealth.

Complete Jewish Bible
Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,

Darby Translation
They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. …

Easy-to-Read Version
They think their wealth will protect them. They brag about how rich they are.

George Lamsa Translation
They who trust in their own strength and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

Good News Translation
by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.

Lexham English Bible
those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?

Literal Translation
Those who trust in their wealth and in their many riches boast themselves.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They that put their trust in their good, & boost them selues in the multitude of their riches.

American Standard Version
They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Bible in Basic English
Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,

King James Version (1611)
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselues in the multitude of their riches:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—

English Revised Version
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whiche tristen in her owne vertu; and han glorie in the multitude of her richessis.

Update Bible Version
Those that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Webster's Bible Translation
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

New King James Version
Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,

New Living Translation
They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

New Life Bible
They trust in their riches, and are proud of all they have.

New Revised Standard
those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,

Douay-Rheims Bible
(48-7) They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

Revised Standard Version
men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

Young's Literal Translation
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Contextual Overview

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?⁷ No one can by any means redeem another Or give God a ransom for him— ⁸ For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever— ⁹ That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay. ¹⁰ For he sees that even wise people die; The foolish and the stupid alike perish And leave their wealth to others. ¹¹ Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names. ¹² But man in his splendor will not endure; He is like the animals that perish. ¹³ This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah ¹⁴ Like sheep they sink down to Sheol; Death will be their shepherd; And the upright will rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no lofty home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

trust: Psalms 52:7, Psalms 62:10, Job 31:24, Job 31:25, Proverbs 10:15, Proverbs 23:5, Mark 10:24, 1 Timothy 6:17

boast: Esther 5:11, Jeremiah 9:23, Ezekiel 28:4, Ezekiel 28:5, Hosea 12:8, Luke 12:19

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:4 - We will Esther 8:1 - give the house Job 3:14 - kings Job 3:19 - The small Job 21:16 - Lo Job 34:19 - regardeth Psalms 10:3 - boasteth Psalms 22:29 - and none Proverbs 10:2 - Treasures Proverbs 11:4 - Riches Proverbs 13:8 - ransom Proverbs 18:11 - General Ecclesiastes 8:8 - is no Isaiah 14:10 - Art thou also Jeremiah 41:8 - Slay Jeremiah 48:7 - because Jeremiah 49:4 - trusted Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Zephaniah 1:18 - their silver Matthew 19:23 - That Luke 6:24 - woe Luke 9:25 - what Luke 16:22 - the rich John 1:4 - the life Romans 1:30 - boasters 1 Corinthians 1:29 - General Galatians 6:14 - that I 2 Timothy 3:2 - boasters James 1:11 - so James 5:1 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!"

Genesis 49:4
"Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

Genesis 49:5
"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.

Genesis 49:15
"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to carry burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.

Genesis 49:16
"Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:20
"As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal delicacies.

Genesis 49:21
"Naphtali is a doe let loose; He utters beautiful words.

Genesis 49:25
From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Genesis 49:26
"The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the furthest boundary of the everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

Deuteronomy 27:24
'Cursed is he who attacks his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They that trust in their wealth,.... In their outward force, power, and strength; their horses, chariots, and armies; see

Psalms 33:16; or in their worldly goods and substance; which seems to be the sense of the word here, as appears from

Psalms 49:10. To "trust" in them is to set the eye and heart upon them; or to take up rest in them, to depend on them, to the neglect of divine Providence, with respect to future living in this world; and to expect eternal happiness hereafter, because favoured with many earthly enjoyments here: so to do is evil. Therefore the Targum is, "woe to the wicked that trust in their substance". And it is also very weak and foolish to trust in riches, since they are uncertain, are here today, and gone tomorrow; and are unsatisfying, he that has much would still have more: nor can they deliver from evil, from present judgments, from the sword, the pestilence, and famine; nor from death, nor from the future judgment, and wrath to come; and are often injurious to the spiritual and eternal welfare of men; see 1 Timothy 6:9;

and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; of their acquisition of them by their own diligence and industry; and of their having them because of some peculiar virtue and excellency in themselves; and of the abundance of them. Such rejoicing and boasting is evil; since riches are the gifts of God, the blessings of his Providence; and are often bestowed on persons neither wise nor diligent, and much less deserving; see Jeremiah 9:23. The whole may be applied to the Romish antichrist and his followers, who trust in and boast of their temporal riches, which in one hour will come to nought,

Revelation 18:7; and of the treasure of the church, of merit; and works of supererogation; with all which they cannot redeem one soul from ruin and destruction, as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They that trust in their wealth - The first reason why there was no cause of alarm is drawn Psalms 49:6-10 from the “powerlessness” of wealth, as illustrated by the fact that it can do nothing to save life or to prevent death. He refers to those who possess it as “trusting” in their wealth, or “relying on” that as the source of their power.

And boast themselves - Pride themselves; or feel conscious of safety and strength because they are rich. It is the “power” which wealth is supposed to confer, that is alluded to here.

In the multitude of their riches - The abundance of their wealth.