Psalm 49:14 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁴ Like sheep they shall be laid in the grave; Death shall shepherd them; And the upright rule over them in the morning; And their form is consumed in the grave, Far from their dwelling.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 49:14 Cross References

Job 21:13

They spend their days in goodness, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Job 21:26

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.

Job 30:23

For I have known that You bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Job 4:21

‘Are not the cords of their tents pulled up? They die, without wisdom!’

Psalm 30:5

For His displeasure is for a moment, His delight is for life; Weeping might last for the night, But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 39:11

“When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah.

Psalm 44:11

You do give us as sheep to be eaten, And You have scattered us among the gentiles.

Psalm 47:3

He subdues peoples under us, And nations under our feet.

Psalm 9:17

The wrong return to the grave, All the gentiles that forget Elohim.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to Elohim who gave it.

Jeremiah 12:3

But You have known me, O יהוה. You see me, and You have tried my heart toward You. Draw them away like sheep for slaughter, and separate them for the day of slaughter.

Daniel 7:18

‘Then the set-apart ones of the Most High shall receive the reign, and possess the reign forever, even forever and ever.’

Daniel 7:22

until the Ancient of Days came, and right-ruling was given to the set-apart ones of the Most High, and the time came and the set-apart ones took possession of the reign.

Hosea 6:3

‘So let us know, let us pursue to know יהוה. His going forth is as certain as the morning. And He comes to us like the rain, like the latter rain watering the earth.’

Malachi 4:3

“And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Luke 22:30

to eat and drink at My table, in My reign, and to sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yisra’ĕ

Romans 8:36

As it has been written, “For Your sake we are killed all day long, we are reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”

1 Corinthians 6:2

Do you not know that the set-apart ones shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?