Psalm 49:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: His glory shall not descend after him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ because when they die, they won’t take any of it with them. Their fantastic things won’t accompany them down under.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Psalm 49:17 Cross References

Job 1:21

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 27:19

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

Psalm 17:14

from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may carry away in his hand.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment, in the storm which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and he who exults in her.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Luke 16:24

And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.’

1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

1 Timothy 6:7

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;