Psalms 89:48

In 11 translations

BSB

What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

KJV

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

WEB

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

LSV

Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

YLT

Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

DBY

What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

DRC88:49

Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

GNV

What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

JPS89:49

What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah

LXXE88:49

What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC89:49

מִ֤י גֶ֣בֶר יִֽ֭חְיֶה וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־מָּ֑וֶת יְמַלֵּ֨ט נַפְשׁ֖וֹ מִיַּד־שְׁא֣וֹל סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.89.48

LXX-Br88:49

Τίς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ζήσεται καὶ οὐκ ὄψεται θάνατον; ῥύσεται τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου; διάψαλμα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
• Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
• Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
• Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Psalms 49:7–9No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, that he should live on forever and not 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.
• Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• John 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
• 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.
• Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• 2 Corinthians 4:14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Ecclesiastes 3:19–20For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. All go to one place; all come from…

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