9. That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
10. For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike 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. But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.