Psalms 49:17
For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
In Context
16Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
Cross References
Job 1:21and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'
Psalms 17:14From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Isaiah 5:14Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one — into her.
Luke 12:20'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?
1 Corinthians 15:43it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
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 →