Psalms 49:19
It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Ecclesiastes 3:21Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?
Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
Jude 1:13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →