Psalms 49:10

For he seeththat wisemen die Experience shews the rich man that all alike come to the grave. Even wisdom cannot deliver its possessor. This rendering is on the whole preferable to that of R.V. marg., Yea, he(the brother or the rich man) shall see it(the pit): wise men die&c. -Wise" and -fool" are words characteristic of the Wisdom literature. The former occurs but once again in the Psalter, and 46 times in Proverbs: the latter but twice in the Psalter, and 49 times in Proverbs.

likewise&c. Fool and brutish perish together. Perhaps the use of different verbs is intended to distinguish between the end of the wise man and the end of the fool and the brutish, the self-confident braggart and the mere stupid animal.

and leave&c. Or, abandon. The point of course is not that they can pass on their property to their heirs, but that they must themselves surrender it. Wealth can neither prolong life, nor be retained by its owner at death. Cp. Luke 12:10.