Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Can he
King James Version
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Holman Bible
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?
International Standard Version
What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude
A Conservative Version
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul 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
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
Darby Translation
What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
What man shall live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hades? Silence.
King James 2000
What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What man can live [on] and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the {power} of Sheol? Selah
Modern King James verseion
What man lives and never sees death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his own soul from the hand of hell? Selah.
NET Bible
No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. Selah.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:48
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
47
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
48
Can he
Cross References
Psalm 49:15
But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.
Job 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 22:29
All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
Psalm 49:7-9
Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
John 8:51
Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."
Acts 2:27
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,