Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageYet a man at the height of his honor will not last the night; he is no different from the animals that perish.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GYet man in his splendour cannot endure the night;he is cut down like the beasts.
KJV
King James VersionNevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Footnotes
This verse forms a deliberate refrain with verse 20, but the Hebrew wording differs in a theologically significant way. Here: בַּל-יָלִין (*bal-yalin*, "he does not lodge / endure the night"); in verse 20: וְלֹא יָבִין (*v'lo yavin*, "and he does not understand"). The first refrain focuses on the bare fact of mortality—man cannot remain; the second adds a moral indictment—he cannot remain, and he refused to understand. Together they form a frame around the psalm's argument: the first occurrence is descriptive, the second becomes a verdict. FOG renders the distinction with verbal precision to make the difference visible across both refrains; FOG Message adjusts the language to make the moral escalation emotionally striking.