Psalms 49:9
7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- That he should still live perpetually, [and] not see corruption.
- BLB
- that he might live on forever, [and] not see the Pit.
- ÅB
- så han skulle bli ved å leve evindelig og ikke se graven.
- OTB
- Så de kan leve evig,
At de ikke skal gjennomgå forråtnelse. - B1930
- så han skulde bli ved å leve evindelig og ikke se graven.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 89:48
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Read in contextPsalms 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 8:8
As 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.
Read in contextProverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Read in contextJohn 8:51–52
Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
Read in contextProverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Read in contextActs 2:27
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in context