Psalms 49:14
Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in 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 torn away in them? they die, and without wisdom.
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
Job 24:19Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 47:3He subdueth the peoples under us, and the 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 →