They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
Psalm 49:14 - Revised Standard Version Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.
Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?’
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and ever.’
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints received the kingdom.
Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?