Psalm 49:17
New International Version
for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.

New Living Translation
For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

English Standard Version
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

Berean Standard Bible
For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

King James Bible
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

New King James Version
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

New American Standard Bible
For when he dies, he will take nothing with him; His wealth will not descend after him.

NASB 1995
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.

NASB 1977
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.

Legacy Standard Bible
For when he dies he will not take any of it; His glory will not descend after him.

Amplified Bible
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.

Christian Standard Bible
For when he dies, he will take nothing at all; his wealth will not follow him down.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For when he dies, he will take nothing at all; his wealth will not follow him down.

American Standard Version
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because he will not take anything in his death, neither does his glory descend after him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

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

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

English Revised Version
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will not take anything with him when he dies. His greatness cannot follow him.

Good News Translation
he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave.

International Standard Version
When he dies, he will not be able to take it all with him — his possessions will not follow him to the grave,

JPS Tanakh 1917
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His wealth shall not descend after him.

Literal Standard Version
For at his death he receives nothing, | His glory does not go down after him.

Majority Standard Bible
For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

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

NET Bible
For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

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

New Heart English Bible
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

Webster's Bible Translation
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

World English Bible
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

Young's Literal Translation
For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

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Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
16Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. 17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down. 18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—…

Cross References
1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

Psalm 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand--from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As a man came from his mother's womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.


Treasury of Scripture

For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

he shall

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; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Job 27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

his

Isaiah 5:14
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Isaiah 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

1 Corinthians 15:43
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

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Psalm 49
1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection
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Verse 17. - For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Nothing in the way of earthly possessions - nothing but the qualities which he has imprinted on his soul, and made part and parcel of himself. The heathen nations, foolishly, were accustomed to bury clothes, and arms, and vessels, and stores of gold with the departed, as though they could take these with them into the other world (see the author's 'Herodotus,' vol. 3. pp. 59-62, end notes 9, 1, 2). The writer of the psalm, and those whom he addressed, were equally aware of the foolishness of such customs. His glory shall not descend after him. Whatever "glory" his wealth has secured to him in this life shall be left behind. He shall be imprisoned in Sheol, with death to shepherd him (ver. 14), and with no hope of returning to the "light" (ver. 19).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

when he dies,
בְ֭מוֹתוֹ (ḇə·mō·w·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

he will carry
יִקַּ֣ח (yiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

nothing away;
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

his abundance
כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃ (kə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

will not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

follow
אַחֲרָ֣יו (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

him down.
יֵרֵ֖ד (yê·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend


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