But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
Parallel translations
- WEB he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- KJV He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see 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.
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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, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Gen 15:15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Ps 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- Luke 12:20“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared — whose will they be?’
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
- 1 Kgs 16:6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
- Matt 22:13Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
- Luke 16:22–23The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
- Eccl 3:21Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”
- Eccl 12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Matt 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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