Revised Version 1895
Psalms 49:14
14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 49:14 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.
Context of Psalms 49:14
12But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish. 13This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. 15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. Selah 16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
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כַּצֹּ֤אן׀ לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל שַׁתּוּ֮ מָ֤וֶת יִ֫רְעֵ֥ם וַיִּרְדּ֘וּ בָ֤ם יְשָׁרִ֨ים׀ לַבֹּ֗קֶר וְ֭צוּרָם לְבַלּ֥וֹת שְׁא֗וֹל מִזְּבֻ֥ל לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 49:14
- Psalms 44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.
- Jeremiah 12:3But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Romans 8:36Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as mine house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
- Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
- Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
- Job 24:19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth Sheol those which have sinned.
- Psalms 47:3He shall subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
- Daniel 7:22until 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.
- Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do make, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Luke 22:30that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- Revelation 2:26And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:
- Revelation 20:4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Commentaries on Psalms 49:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Like sheep they are laid in the grave - לשאול lishol, into sheol, the place of separate spirits. Death shall feed on them ירעם מות maveth yirem, "Death shall feed them!" What an astonishing change! All the good things of life were once their portion, and they lived only to eat and drink; and now they live in sheol, and Death himself feeds them? and with what? Damnation. Houbigant reads the verse thus: "Like sheep they shall be laid in the place of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Like sheep they are laid in the grave - The allusion here is to a flock as “driven” forward by the shepherd; and the meaning is that they are driven forward to the grave, as it were, in flocks, or as a flock of sheep is driven by a shepherd. The word rendered “are laid” - שׁתוּ śatû - is probably not derived from the verb שׁות śûth or שׁית śı̂yth as our translators seem to have supposed, but from שׁתת śâthath to set, or place; and the meaning is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15The teachers of false wisdom cannot rescue themselves from death. Only God has that power.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Like sheep--(compare Psa 49:12) unwittingly, they are laid--or, "put," &c. death shall feed on--or, better, "shall rule" them--as a shepherd (compare "feed," Psa 28:9, Margin). have dominion over--or, "subdue" them in the morning--suddenly, or in their turn. their beauty--literally, "form" or shape. shall consume--literally, "is for the consumption," that is, of the grave. from their dwelling--literally, "from their home (they go) to it," that is, the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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