Psalms 49:14

(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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(49-14) This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah

15(49-16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah

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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 peacefully they go down to the grave.

Job 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.

Psalms 9:17(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

Psalms 39:11(39-12) With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah

Psalms 47:3(47-4) He subdueth 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 →

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