Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?
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.
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.
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:48
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
47
Have You created everyone for nothing?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
Cross References
Psalm 49:15
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away.
Job 30:23
the place
Psalm 22:29
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.
Psalm 49:7-9
or pay his ransom to God
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No one has authority over the wind
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
John 8:51
Acts 2:27
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.
2 Corinthians 4:14
We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus
Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment