Psalms 49:14 · KJV
“Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}”
— Psalms 49:14
This their way {is} their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. {approve...: Heb. delight in their mouth}
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. {power: Heb. hand} {the grave: or, hell}
Psalms 49 — Context
Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish.
13This their way {is} their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. {approve...: Heb. delight in their mouth}
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. {power: Heb. hand} {the grave: or, hell}
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Cross References
Malachi 4:3
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do {this}, saith the LORD of hosts.
1 Corinthians 6:2
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Job 24:19-20
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: {so doth} the grave {those which} have sinned. {consume: Heb. violently take}
Daniel 7:22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Job 30:23
For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. {toward...: Heb. with thee}
Luke 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.