Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Cross References
Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Job 24:19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples 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 →