Psalms 49:14
Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13This their way vttereth their foolishnes: yet their posteritie delite in their talke. Selah.
15But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of the graue: for he will receiue me. Selah.
Cross References
Job 4:21Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
Job 21:13They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.
Job 24:19As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners.
Psalms 9:17The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
Psalms 47:3He hath subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.
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 →