Other Translations of Psalm 49:11
New International Version
11 Their tombs will remain their housesSeptuagint and Syriac; Hebrew "In their thoughts their houses will remain" forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they hadOr "generations," / "for they have" named lands after themselves.
English Standard Version
11 Their graves are their homes forever,Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
The Message
11 They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!
New King James Version
11 Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
New Living Translation
11 The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 49:11
Commentary on Psalm 49:6-14
(Read Psalm 49:6-14)
Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the world; that lies nearest the heart. But with all their wealth they cannot save the life of the dearest friend they have. This looks further, to the eternal redemption to be wrought out by the Messiah. The redemption of the soul shall cost very dear; but, being once wrought, it shall never need to be repeated. And he, the Redeemer, shall rise again before he sees corruption, and then shall live for evermore, Daniel 12:2. Let us now judge of things as they will appear in that day. The beauty of holiness is that alone which the grave cannot touch, or damage.