Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? New Living Translation No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude English Standard Version What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah Berean Standard Bible What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah King James Bible What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. New King James Version What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah New American Standard Bible What man can live and not see death? Can he save his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah NASB 1995 What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. NASB 1977 What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. Legacy Standard Bible What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah. Amplified Bible What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah. Christian Standard Bible What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah Holman Christian Standard Bible What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah American Standard Version What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who is the man who will live and will not see death and will save his soul from the hand of Sheol? Brenton Septuagint Translation What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause. Contemporary English Version No one can escape the power of death and the grave. Douay-Rheims Bible Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell? English Revised Version What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah GOD'S WORD® Translation Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? [Selah] Good News Translation Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave? International Standard Version What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude JPS Tanakh 1917 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah Literal Standard Version Who [is] the man that lives, and does not see death? He delivers his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. Majority Standard Bible What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah New American Bible What is man, that he should live and not see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah VI NET Bible No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah) New Revised Standard Version Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah New Heart English Bible What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. Webster's Bible Translation What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. World English Bible What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. Young's Literal Translation Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. Additional Translations ... Context I Will Sing of His Love Forever…47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! 48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah 49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?… Cross References Luke 2:26 The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Psalm 22:29 All 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. Psalm 49:9 that he should live on forever and not see decay. Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah Treasury of Scripture What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. what Psalm 49:7-9 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: … Job 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Ecclesiastes 3:19,20 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity… see death John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. shall Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 2 Corinthians 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. Jump to Previous Able Death Deliver Delivereth Grave Hand Live Power Save Selah Sheol Soul UnderworldJump to Next Able Death Deliver Delivereth Grave Hand Live Power Save Selah Sheol Soul UnderworldPsalm 89 1. The psalmist praises God for his covenant5. For his wonderful power 15. For the care of his church 19. For his favor to the kingdom of David 38. Then complaining of contrary events 46. He expostulates, prays, and blesses God. (48) What man.--Rather, What hero, or champion, or great man. The word is used of a king (Jeremiah 22:30; comp. Isaiah 22:17). The verse repeats a common poetic theme:-- "Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas, Regumque turres."--HORACE, I. Od. iv. The hand of the grave.--Rather, of the underworld, "hand" being used for "power." Verse 48. - What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? An expansion of the first clause of ver. 47. Man's littleness, feebleness, and fleetingness should draw forth the pity and loving kindness of God.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whatמִ֤י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix man גֶ֣בֶר (ḡe·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply can live יִֽ֭חְיֶה (yiḥ·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive and never וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no see יִרְאֶה־ (yir·’eh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see death? מָּ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin Can he deliver יְמַלֵּ֨ט (yə·mal·lêṭ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks his soul נַפְשׁ֖וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from the power מִיַּד־ (mî·yaḏ-) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand of Sheol? שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) Selah סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh) Interjection Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause Links Psalm 89:48 NIVPsalm 89:48 NLT Psalm 89:48 ESV Psalm 89:48 NASB Psalm 89:48 KJV Psalm 89:48 BibleApps.com Psalm 89:48 Biblia Paralela Psalm 89:48 Chinese Bible Psalm 89:48 French Bible Psalm 89:48 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 89:48 What man is he who shall live (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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