King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 49:11
“Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.”
Verse in context — Psalms 49
9
That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
10
For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11
Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
12
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
13
This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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