Psalms 49:14

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

12Their inward thought is: Their houses are eternal, their dwellings for generation after generation. They name their lands after themselves. 13But the pompous man will not endure— he is like the beasts that perish. Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah 15Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd and the upright will rule over them in the morning. Their image will decay in Sheol— far from its lofty place. 16But God redeems my soul from the power of Sheol— for He receives me. Selah

Psalms 49:14 word by word

כַּצֹּ֤אן׀ לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל שַׁתּוּ֮ מָ֤וֶת יִ֫רְעֵ֥ם וַיִּרְדּ֘וּ בָ֤ם יְשָׁרִ֨ים׀ לַבֹּ֗קֶר וְ֭צוּרָם לְבַלּ֥וֹת שְׁא֗וֹל מִזְּבֻ֥ל לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Like sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• they are laidשָׁתַתshâthath · to appointH8371
• in the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• shall feedרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• on them; and the uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• shall have dominionרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• over them in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• and their beautyצִירtsîyr · imageH6736
• and their beautyצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• shall consumeבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• from their dwellingזְבֻלzebûl zebûl · elevationH2073

Cross-references for Psalms 49:14

• Psalms 44:11You make us retreat before the enemy. Those who hate us have plundered us.
• Jeremiah 12:3But You have known me, Adonai. You see me, and examine my heart toward You. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter. Set them apart for the day of carnage.
• Romans 8:36As it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”
• Job 17:13If I hope for Sheol as my home, if I make my bed in darkness,
• Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
• Job 30:23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Isaiah 38:10I said: “In the prime of my life, I am to enter the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the rest of my years.”
• Job 24:19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol, takes away those who have sinned.
• Psalms 47:3For Adonai Elyon is awesome, a great King over all the earth.
• Daniel 7:22until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was rendered in favor of the kedoshim of the Most High—when the time came and the kedoshim possessed the kingdom.
• Luke 22:30that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you shall sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Corinthians 6:2Don’t you know that the kedoshim will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to judge trivial matters?
• Revelation 2:26To the one who overcomes and guards My deeds until the end, ‘I will give him authority over the nations
• Revelation 20:4Then I saw thrones, and people sat upon them—those to whom authority to judge was given. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Yeshua and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image, nor had they received his mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 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

Topics related to Psalms 49:14

• Beauty
• Death
• Hell
• Immortality
• Wicked (People)

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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