He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Parallel translations
- WEB he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- BSB he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- NKJV He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see light.
- NASB He will go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.
- NLT But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
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Quick answer
The self-satisfied rich man joins his ancestors in death and never again sees the light. Without God, his end is darkness.
Overview
Despite his earlier boasting, the wealthy man dies and goes the way of all his forefathers, never to see the light of life again. For those who trust only in riches, death is final loss. This stands in stark contrast to v. 15, where the one who trusts God is redeemed from Sheol.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Gen 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- Ps 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- 1 Kgs 16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
- Matt 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 16:22–23And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Eccl 3:21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- Eccl 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
- Matt 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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