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The Evanescence of Wealth

Psalms 49:9

In 11 translations

BSB
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
KJV
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
WEB
that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
ASV
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
LSV
And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit.
YLT
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
DBY
That he should still live perpetually, [and] not see corruption.
DRC48:10
And shall still live unto the end.
GNV
That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.
JPS49:10
That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
LXXE48:10
and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.

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Original-language editions

WLC49:10
וִֽיחִי־ע֥וֹד לָנֶ֑צַח לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃KJV:Ps.49.9
LXX-Br48:10
καὶ ζήσεται εἰς τέλος· ὅτι οὐκ ὄψεται καταφθορὰν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
  • Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
  • Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  • Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  • John 8:51–52Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.” “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word…
  • Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  • Luke 16:22–23One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
  • Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
  • Zechariah 1:5Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
  • Acts 13:33He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
  • Acts 13:35–37So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’ For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay. But the…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 49:10 in some Bibles
  • 49:9 in most Bibles

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