Psalms 49:19
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
20Man that is in honour, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be 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 man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:20But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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 →