Bible Strands
Psalms 49:19
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the contrast between those who bless their own souls while men praise them for their prosperity and those who perish like beasts despite their wealth.
The words — The Hebrew תָּ֭בוֹא (Ta.Vo') literally means "it will go," and נֵ֝֗צַח (Ne.tzach) denotes "perpetuity," structuring the verse's declaration of permanent exclusion from light.
The thread — Genesis 15:15 establishes the pattern of departing to one's ancestors, while Job 33:30 and Psalms 56:13 contrast this finality with divine rescue and the gift of walking in the light of life.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that material prosperity cannot prevent permanent darkness for the understandingless, positioning human praise as irrelevant against eternal reality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Cross-references
- Job 33:30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
- Genesis 15:15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Psalms 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- 1 Kings 16:6 And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
- Matthew 22:13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Luke 16:22 One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.