Psalm 49:13 {48:14}
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This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

folly

Luke 12:20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: I will catch the wise in their own craftiness.

approve their sayings [heb.

Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Luke 11:47,48 Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them. . . .

Luke 16:27,28 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, . . .

Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
12And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them. 13This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.14They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.…
Cross References
Psalm 49:18
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.

Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

Lexicon
This
זֶ֣ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

is the fate
דַ֭רְכָּם (ḏar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the self-confident
כֵּ֣סֶל (kê·sel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3689: Fatness, the loin, the viscera, silliness, trust

and their followers
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ (wə·’a·ḥă·rê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

who endorse
יִרְצ֣וּ (yir·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

their sayings.
בְּפִיהֶ֖ם (bə·p̄î·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. SelahThis their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
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