Psalms 48:21

7 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Man that is in honor, understands not: He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν οὐ συνῆκε, παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἄνθρωπος ἐν τιμῇ ὢν, οὐ συνῆκε, παρασυνεβλήθη τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἀνοήτοις, καὶ ὡμοιώθη αὐτοῖς.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis.]

Russian Synodal Bible

Человек, который в чести и неразумен, подобен животным, которые погибают.

Cited by the early church

Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. 10

Index built from the Ante-Nicene Christian Library (Edinburgh, 1867–1873), public domain. Partial coverage — five volumes indexed, so absence here does not mean a verse was never cited.

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
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1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
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776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
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745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
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620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
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Psalms 48:21

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Russian Synodal Bible ☆