Psalms 49:19
It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Cross References
Genesis 15:15and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art 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 knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
Matthew 8:12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness — there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
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?
Jude 1:13wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.
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 →