Psalm 49:17 {48:18}
Good News Translation
he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave.

New Revised Standard Version
For when they die they will carry nothing away; their wealth will not go down after them.

Contemporary English Version
Soon they will die and all their wealth will be left behind.

New American Bible
At his death he will not take along anything, his glory will not go down after him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.

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Job 1:21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 27:19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Ecclesiastes 5:15 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Luke 12:20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 16:24 And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.

1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.

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Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.

Isaiah 10:3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness: it shall rise in power.

Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
16Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased. 17For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.18For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.

Psalm 17:14
From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Psalm 49:16
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