Psalm 49:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the place of the dead); death shall be their shepherd. And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form and beauty shall be consumed, for Sheol shall be their dwelling.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

Like sheep, they’re headed straight for the grave. Death will be their shepherd— but those who do right in their hearts will rule over them come morning!— their forms wasting away in the grave rather than having some dignified residence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.

Psalm 49:14 Cross References

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Job 21:26

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them

Job 30:23

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

Job 4:21

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

Psalm 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment; In his favour is life: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

Psalm 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

Psalm 44:11

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; And hast scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 47:3

He shall subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked shall return to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Jeremiah 12:3

But 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.

Daniel 7:18

But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

Daniel 7:22

until the ancient of days came, and judgement was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

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 do make, saith the LORD of hosts.

Luke 22:30

that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Romans 8:36

Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

1 Corinthians 6:2

Or 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?