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Psalms 89:48

Psalms chapter 89 · verse 48 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

KJV

King James Version · 1611

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

Context

v.47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

v.48This passage

v.49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 22:29

    All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

  • Hebrews 9:27

    And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

  • Acts 2:27

    Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.

  • Psalms 49:15

    But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

    For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:19

    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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.