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Psalms 49:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 49:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:179 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּ֭ירָאtiyrāʾ
you fearverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
כִּֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַעֲשִׁ֣רyaʿăšir
he will become richverbH6238
en- · make · make self · wax) rich ···
אִ֑ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
כִּֽיkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יִ֝רְבֶּהyirəbeh
it will increaseverbH7235
archer (by mistake for
כְּב֣וֹדkəbwōd
the honor ofnounH3519
glory · honour
בֵּיתֽ/וֹbēytwō
house hisnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
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 49:17

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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