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12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth{H8799)} not: he is like{H8738)} the beasts that perish{H8738)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. …
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)In these verses we have, I. A description of the spirit and way of worldly people, whose portion is in this life, Ps. 17:14. It is taken for granted that they have wealth, and a multitude of riches (Ps. 49:6), houses and lands of inheritance, which they call their own, Ps. 49:11. God often gives abundance of the good things of this world to bad men who live in contempt of him and rebellion against…
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