Psalms 49:19
It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
18For he blesses his soul in his life || (And they praise you when you do well for yourself).
20Man in honor, who does not understand, || Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Cross References
Genesis 15:15and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;
Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, || To be enlightened with the light of the living.
Ecclesiastes 3:21Who knows the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness—there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”
Luke 12:20And God said to him, Unthinking [one]! This night your life is required of you, and what things you prepared—to whom will they be [given]?
Jude 1:13wild waves of a sea, foaming up their own shameful [deeds]; stars going astray, for whom the gloom of the darkness throughout the age has been kept.
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 →