Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam? 48 Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. Selah. 49 Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!
Cross References
Psalm 49:15
But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. Selah.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith, Enoch was translated, so as not to see death, and was not found, because that, God, had translated him; for, before the translation, he had received witness that he had become well-pleasing unto God; -
Job 30:23
For I know that, unto death, thou wilt bring me back, even unto the house of meeting for every one living.
Psalm 22:29
All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!
Psalm 49:7-9
A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, - and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war, - neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For, the living, knew that they should die, - -but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
And the dust return to the earth, as it was, - and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you: If anyone shall keep, my word, death, shall he not see, unto times age-abiding.
Acts 2:27
Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption;
2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that, he who raised up the Lord Jesus, will raise up, us also, together with Jesus, and will present us together with you.
Hebrews 9:27
And, inasmuch as it is in store for men - once for all to die, but after this, judgment,