Psalms 49:19
Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, 1 And thy tongue has framed deceit. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
18If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, 1 And hast cast in thy lot with adulterers. 1
20Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, 1 And didst scandalize thy mother’s son. 1
Cross References
Genesis 15:15But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Job 33:30And he has delivered my soul from death, 1 That my life may praise him in the light. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:21And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, 1 Whether it goes upward? 1 And the spirit of the beast, 1 Whether it goes downward to the earth? 1
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 →