Psalms 49 · Verse 19

Psalms 49:19

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Psalms 49:19, King James Version

Psalms 49:19 in other translations

BSBhe will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
WEBhe shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
ASVHe shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
YLTIt cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
DARBYIt shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
BBEHe will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
WebsterHe shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

What does Psalms 49:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 49:16-19

16-19. applies this instruction. Be not anxious (Psa 37:1, &c.), since death cuts off the prosperous wicked whom you dread.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 They shall never see light - Rise again they shall; but they shall never see the light of glory, for there is prepared for them the blackness of darkness for ever.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 49:15-20

Believers should not fear death. The distinction of men's outward conditions, how great soever in life, makes none at death; but the difference of men's spiritual states, though in this life it may seem of small account, yet at and after death is very great. The soul is often put for the life. The God of life, who was its Creator at first, can and will be its Redeemer at last. It includes the salvation of the soul…

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Psalms 49:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תָּ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'it will goH935
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
דּ֣וֹרDor[the] generation ofH1755
אֲבוֹתָ֑יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
נֵ֝֗צַחNe.tzachperpetuityH5331
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִרְאוּ\־yir.'u-they will seeH7200
אֽוֹר\׃'orlightH216

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 49:19

  • Job 33:30

    To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

  • Psalms 56:13

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  • Genesis 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Luke 12:20

    But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

  • Matthew 8:12

    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  • Jude 1:13

    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  • 1 Kings 16:6

    So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

  • Matthew 22:13

    Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 16:22-23

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:21

    Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He. Heb. The soul.
Ec 3:21; 12:7; Lu 12:20; 16:22,23
to the generation.
Ge 15:15; 1Ki 16:6
never.
56:13; Job 33:30; Mt 8:12; 22:13; Jude 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 49:18

    Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

  • Psalms 49:19

    He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

  • Psalms 49:20

    Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entrará á la generación de sus padres: no verán luz para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quoique pendant sa vie il bénisse son âme (et on te louera, si tu te fais du bien),
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie wird kommen zu dem Geschlecht seiner Väter; nimmermehr werden sie das Licht sehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Os tuum abundavit malitia, et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.