King James Version
Psalms 49:17 in the King James Version says “For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.”
Psalms 49:17 · KJV
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or, hell
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. while: Heb. in his life
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. He: Heb. The soul shall
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“For when he dieth”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall not descend”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“his glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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