Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Can he
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: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. 49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Cross References
Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalm 49:7-9
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Acts 2:27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: