Apologetics Bible

Psalms 49:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃

lamenatzecha- -liveney-qorach-mizemvor

KJV: Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

AKJV: Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:

ASV: Hear this, all ye peoples;

YLT: To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

Exposition: Psalms 49:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:2

Hebrew

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת כָּל־הָֽעַמִּים הַאֲזִינוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי חָֽלֶד׃

shime'v-zo't-khal-ha'amiym-ha'aziynv-khal-yoshevey-chaled

KJV: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

AKJV: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

ASV: Both low and high,

YLT: Both low and high, together rich and needy.

Exposition: Psalms 49:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Both low and high, rich and poor, together.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:3

Hebrew

גַּם־בְּנֵי אָדָם גַּם־בְּנֵי־אִישׁ יַחַד עָשִׁיר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

gam-veney-'adam-gam-veney-'iysh-yachad-'ashiyr-ve'eveyvon

KJV: My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

AKJV: My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

ASV: My mouth shall speak wisdom;

YLT: My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

Exposition: Psalms 49:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:4

Hebrew

פִּי יְדַבֵּר חָכְמוֹת וְהָגוּת לִבִּי תְבוּנֽוֹת׃

fiy-yedaver-chakhemvot-vehagvt-liviy-tevvnvot

KJV: I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

AKJV: I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.

ASV: I will incline mine ear to a parable:

YLT: I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Exposition: Psalms 49:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:5

Hebrew

אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנּוֹר חִידָתֽ͏ִי׃

'ateh-lemashal-'azeniy-'efetach-vekhinvor-chiydatiy

KJV: Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

AKJV: Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

ASV: Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,

YLT: Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Exposition: Psalms 49:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:6

Hebrew

לָמָּה אִירָא בִּימֵי רָע עֲוֺן עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּֽנִי׃

lamah-'iyra'-viymey-ra'-'avn-'aqevay-yesvveniy

KJV: They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

AKJV: They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

ASV: They that trust in their wealth,

YLT: Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

Exposition: Psalms 49:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:7

Hebrew

הַבֹּטְחִים עַל־חֵילָם וּבְרֹב עָשְׁרָם יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃

havotechiym-'al-cheylam-vverov-'asheram-yitehalalv

KJV: None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

AKJV: None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

ASV: None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

YLT: A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

Exposition: Psalms 49:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:8

Hebrew

אָח לֹא־פָדֹה יִפְדֶּה אִישׁ לֹא־יִתֵּן לֵאלֹהִים כָּפְרֽוֹ׃

'ach-lo'-fadoh-yifedeh-'iysh-lo'-yiten-le'lohiym-khafervo

KJV: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

AKJV: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)

ASV: (For the redemption of their life is costly,

YLT: And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.

Exposition: Psalms 49:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:9

Hebrew

וְיֵקַר פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם וְחָדַל לְעוֹלָֽם׃

veyeqar-fideyvon-nafesham-vechadal-le'volam

KJV: That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

AKJV: That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

ASV: That he should still live alway,

YLT: And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

Exposition: Psalms 49:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:10

Hebrew

וִֽיחִי־עוֹד לָנֶצַח לֹא יִרְאֶה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃

viychiy-'vod-lanetzach-lo'-yire'eh-hashachat

KJV: For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

AKJV: For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

ASV: For he shall see it. Wise men die;

YLT: For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Exposition: Psalms 49:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:11

Hebrew

כִּי יִרְאֶה ׀ חֲכָמִים יָמוּתוּ יַחַד כְּסִיל וָבַעַר יֹאבֵדוּ וְעָזְבוּ לַאֲחֵרִים חֵילָֽם׃

khiy-yire'eh- -chakhamiym-yamvtv-yachad-khesiyl-vava'ar-yo'vedv-ve'azevv-la'acheriym-cheylam

KJV: Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

AKJV: Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

ASV: Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

YLT: Their heart is : Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

Exposition: Psalms 49:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:12

Hebrew

קִרְבָּם בָּתֵּימוֹ ׀ לְֽעוֹלָם מִשְׁכְּנֹתָם לְדֹר וָדֹר קָֽרְאוּ בִשְׁמוֹתָם עֲלֵי אֲדָמֽוֹת׃

qirevam-vateymvo- -le'volam-mishekhenotam-ledor-vador-qare'v-vishemvotam-'aley-'adamvot

KJV: Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

AKJV: Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish.

ASV: But man being in honor abideth not:

YLT: And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

Exposition: Psalms 49:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:13

Hebrew

וְאָדָם בִּיקָר בַּל־יָלִין נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמוֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃

ve'adam-viyqar-val-yaliyn-nimeshal-khavehemvot-nidemv

KJV: This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

AKJV: This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

ASV: This their way is their folly:

YLT: This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 49:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:14

Hebrew

זֶה דַרְכָּם כֵּסֶל לָמוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם ׀ בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶֽלָה׃

zeh-darekham-khesel-lamvo-ve'achareyhem- -vefiyhem-yiretzv-selah

KJV: Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

AKJV: Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

ASV: They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;

YLT: As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

Exposition: Psalms 49:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:15

Hebrew

כַּצֹּאן ׀ לִֽשְׁאוֹל שַׁתּוּ מָוֶת יִרְעֵם וַיִּרְדּוּ בָם יְשָׁרִים ׀ לַבֹּקֶר וצירם וְצוּרָם לְבַלּוֹת שְׁאוֹל מִזְּבֻל לֽוֹ׃

khatzo'n- -lishe'vol-shatv-mavet-yire'em-vayiredv-vam-yeshariym- -lavoqer-vtzyrm-vetzvram-levalvot-she'vol-mizevul-lvo

KJV: But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

AKJV: But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

ASV: But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;

YLT: Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 49:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:16

Hebrew

אַךְ־אֱלֹהִים יִפְדֶּה נַפְשִׁי מִֽיַּד־שְׁאוֹל כִּי יִקָּחֵנִי סֶֽלָה׃

'akhe-'elohiym-yifedeh-nafeshiy-miyad-she'vol-khiy-yiqacheniy-selah

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

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

ASV: Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

YLT: Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

Exposition: Psalms 49:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:17

Hebrew

אַל־תִּירָא כִּֽי־יַעֲשִׁר אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּה כְּבוֹד בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

'al-tiyra'-khiy-ya'ashir-'iysh-khiy-yireveh-khevvod-veytvo

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

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

ASV: For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;

YLT: For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

Exposition: Psalms 49:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:18

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא בְמוֹתוֹ יִקַּח הַכֹּל לֹא־יֵרֵד אַחֲרָיו כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃

khiy-lo'-vemvotvo-yiqach-hakhol-lo'-yered-'acharayv-khevvodvo

KJV: Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

AKJV: Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

ASV: Though while he lived he blessed his soul

YLT: For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

Exposition: Psalms 49:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:19

Hebrew

כִּֽי־נַפְשׁוֹ בְּחַיָּיו יְבָרֵךְ וְיוֹדֻךָ כִּי־תֵיטִיב לָֽךְ׃

khiy-nafeshvo-vechayayv-yevarekhe-veyvodukha-khiy-teytiyv-lakhe

KJV: He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

AKJV: He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

ASV: He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

YLT: It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

Exposition: Psalms 49:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 49:20

Hebrew

תָּבוֹא עַד־דּוֹר אֲבוֹתָיו עַד־נֵצַח לֹא יִרְאוּ־אֽוֹר׃

tavvo'-'ad-dvor-'avvotayv-'ad-netzach-lo'-yire'v-'vor

KJV: Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

AKJV: Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.

ASV: Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,

YLT: Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Exposition: Psalms 49:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.