Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 have you created all the children of men! 48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. 49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
Cross References
Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
Job 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 22:29
All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.
Psalm 49:7-9
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a 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
Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
Acts 2:27
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
Hebrews 9:27
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,