For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Gill's Exposition
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away,.... Such men, with all their riches and honour, must die; therefore why should men be afraid of them? or wherein are they to be accounted of, whose…
Barnes' Notes
For when he dieth - He must die. His wealth cannot save him from the grave. It is always to be “assumed” of rich people, as of all other men, that they “will” have to die. The point is not one which…
Good reason is here given to good people,
I. Why they should not be afraid of death. There is no cause for that fear if they have such a comfortable prospect as David here has of a happy state on the…
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Job 1:21; Ecc 5:15; 1Ti 6:7; and parallels from classical authors: e.g. Propertius IV. 5. 13:
Haud ullas portabis opes Acherontis ad undas:
Nudus at inferna, stulte, vehere, rate.
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