Psalms 49:14
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
Cross References
Job 4:21Isn’t their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.’
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
Job 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 47:3He subdues nations under 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 →