Psalm 49:14 “Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd.…”

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.

Darby Translation

Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.

Young's Literal Translation

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

Bible in Basic English

Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

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Cross references

“Like”

Jeremiah 12:3 Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:11

Jeremiah 12:3 · BSB

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

Romans 8:36 · BSB

As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Psalm 44:11 · BSB

You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

“they”

Job 30:23 Job 21:13 Job 21:26 Ecclesiastes 12:7 Job 17:13 Job 17:14

Job 30:23 · BSB

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Job 21:13 · BSB

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Job 21:26 · BSB

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Job 17:13 · BSB

If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 17:14 · BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

“death”

Job 24:19 Job 24:20

Job 24:19 · BSB

As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Job 24:20 · BSB

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

“upright”

Malachi 4:3 1 Corinthians 6:2 Daniel 7:22 Luke 22:30 Psalm 47:3 Revelation 2:26

Malachi 4:3 · BSB

Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

Daniel 7:22 · BSB

until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.

Luke 22:30 · BSB

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Psalm 47:3 · BSB

He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

Revelation 2:26 · BSB

And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

“morning”

Psalm 30:5 Hosea 6:3

Psalm 30:5 · BSB

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

“their”

Psalm 39:11 Job 4:21

Psalm 39:11 · BSB

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Job 4:21 · BSB

Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’

Also

Daniel 7:18 Psalm 9:17

Daniel 7:18 · BSB

But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

Psalm 9:17 · BSB

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah

15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

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