Psalms 49:14
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
Cross References
Job 4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Job 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.
Psalms 9:17Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 39:11When thou have corrected man with rebukes for iniquity, thou make his beauty to disintegrate like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 47:3He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:7-15
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 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… Read the whole commentary →