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Psalms 49:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;


Psalms 49:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:169 words
HebrewMeaning
אַךְʾakə
surelyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִפְדֶּ֣הyipədeh
he will redeemverbH6299
at all · by any means · ransom · (that are to be ···
נַ֭פְשִׁ/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
מִֽ/יַּדmiyad
from the hand ofpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
שְׁא֑וֹלšəʾwōl
SheolnounH7585
hell · pit
כִּ֖יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יִקָּחֵ֣/נִיyiqāḥēniy
he will take meverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 49:16

The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 49 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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