Catholic Public Domain Version
"Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats? "
— Psalms 49:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“This 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 is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.”
“This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy.(Selah)”
“Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?”
“This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)”
“This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.”
For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?