KJV King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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Psalm 49:19
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
WEB World English Bible
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
ASV American Standard Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
Surrounding context — Psalm 49
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
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Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.Psalm 56:13For 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?Luke 12:20But 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?Luke 16:22-23And 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;Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.Matthew 22:13Then 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.Ecclesiastes 3:21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?1 Kings 16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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