For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.