12 But despite his assets,[a] mankind will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:12 Or honor

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(A)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(B)

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20 Mankind, with his assets
but without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.(A)

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20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(A)
    are like the beasts that perish.(B)

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22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward you.(A)

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22 I was senseless(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(B) before you.

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