Psalms 49:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.”
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“Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form <FI>is<Fi> for consumption. Sheol <FI>is<Fi> a dwelling for him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 49:14 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
- Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- Job 24:19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
- Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
- Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
- Jeremiah 12:3But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
- Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
- Daniel 7:22until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Revelation 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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