how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!(A)

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how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(A) who is only a worm!”(B)

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14 Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,(A)
and their form will waste away in Sheol,[a]
far from their lofty abode.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:14 Hb obscure

14 They are like sheep and are destined(A) to die;(B)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail(C) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.

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20 Sheol and Abaddon(A) are never satisfied,(B)
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.(C)

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon