Psalms 49:14
Like sheep—into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,—And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. [Selah.]
15But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. [Selah.]
Cross References
Job 4:21Is not their tent-rope within them, torn away? They die, disrobed of wisdom!
Job 21:13They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.
Job 24:19Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned.
Psalms 9:17The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.
Psalms 39:11When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. [Selah.]
Psalms 47:3He will subjugate, Peoples under us, and, Tribes of men beneath 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 →