Psalms 49:14

\49:13\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.)

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

In Context

13\49:12\But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

15\49:14\Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

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Cross References

Job 4:21If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

Job 21:13Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

Job 24:19Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

Psalms 9:17\9:16\The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

Psalms 39:11\39:10\No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

Psalms 47:3\47:2\For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

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 →

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