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Psalms 49:7
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Yet these cannot redeem a personor pay his ransom to God—
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
No one can buy back the life of another. No one can pay God for his own life,
Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him—
No one can by any means redeem another Or give God a ransom for him—
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.
Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,
Truly, no man can redeem his brother;He cannot give to God a ransom for him—
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
You cannot buy back your life or pay off God!
the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are?
None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
But no one has enough to buy back a life, and you cannot bribe God.
A brother cannot save a brother, nor can a man give to God a ransom for himself;
We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,
Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom
A man cannot at all redeem a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
None of them can by any meanes redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a ransome for him:
But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym.
A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
A brother ayenbieth not, schal a man ayenbie? and he schal not yyue to God his plesyng.
None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him;
None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him--
Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
No man can save his brother. No man can pay God enough to save him.
Truly, no ransom avails for one's life, there is no price one can give to God for it.
A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
(48-8) No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,
A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
Really! There's no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn't guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him—
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
give: Matthew 16:26, Matthew 20:28, 1 Timothy 2:6, 1 Peter 1:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 5:5 - and he died Genesis 47:29 - must die Exodus 30:12 - a ransom Leviticus 25:31 - they may be redeemed 1 Kings 20:39 - or else Job 5:20 - redeem Job 6:23 - Redeem Job 21:16 - Lo Job 31:24 - General Job 33:24 - I Job 34:19 - regardeth Job 36:18 - then Psalms 26:11 - redeem Psalms 89:48 - What Jeremiah 48:7 - because Matthew 19:23 - That Matthew 25:9 - lest Mark 8:37 - General Mark 10:24 - trust Luke 6:24 - woe Luke 7:42 - when John 11:39 - Lord Philippians 3:11 - by
Cross-References
And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.
Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;
But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.
There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.
Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.
And they gave by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these towns whose names are given.
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother,.... That is, "with their substance", or "riches", as the Targum and Jarchi supply. Some, according to the order of the words in the original, render them, "a brother redeeming cannot redeem a man", or "anyone" q: but, as Aben Ezra observes, אח, "a brother", is the effect, and
איש, "a man", is the cause. The Targum is, "his brother that is a captive, a man redeeming cannot redeem with his substance"; or by any means redeem. Indeed a rich man may redeem his brother from debt, or from a prison, into which he is cast for it, by paying his debts for him; or from thraldom and bondage, being taken captive and becoming a prisoner of war, by giving a ransom for him. This he may do with respect to man; but, with respect to God, he cannot, with all his riches, pay the debts he owes to the law and justice of God; nor free him from his bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, by whom he is held a captive. The sense here is, that he cannot redeem him from death; he cannot, with all his money, secure him from dying; nor, when dead, bring him back from the grave; and much less deliver him from eternal death, or wrath to come; this only God can do, see Psalms 49:15;
nor give to God a ransom for him; a ransom to redeem from sin, and so from the curse of the law and eternal death, must be given to God, against whom sin is committed, the lawgiver that is able to save and destroy; whose law is transgressed by it, and must be fulfilled; and whose justice is affronted and injured, and must be satisfied; and who is the creditor to whom men are debtors, and therefore the payment must be made to him. Hence our Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of his people, paid the ransom price to God, and offered himself a sacrifice to him; see Ephesians 5:2. But this ransom is not of man's giving, but of God's; it is of his finding out in his infinite wisdom: he set forth and sent forth Christ to be the ransom or "propitiation" r, as the word here used signifies; and Christ came to give his life and himself a ransom for many, and is the propitiation for their sins: and this is a sufficient one, a plenteous redemption, and there needs no other, not is there any other; there were typical atonements under the law, but there is no real atonement, propitiation, or ransom, but by the precious blood of Christ; not by corruptible things, as silver and gold; with these a man cannot give to God a ransom for himself, or for his brother.
q So Cocceius; and some in Michaelis. r כפרו "propitiationem suam", Pagninus, Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
None of them can bid any means redeem his brother - None of those who are rich. This verse might be literally rendered, “a brother cannot by redeeming redeem; a man cannot give to God his own ransom.” The passage, therefore, may mean either, as in our version, that no one, however rich, can redeem a brother - his own brother - by his wealth; or, that a brother - one who sustains the relation of a brother - cannot rescue another from death. On the word “redeem,” see Psalms 25:22, note; Isaiah 43:3, note. It means here that he could not rescue him, or save him from the grave; he could not by his wealth preserve him in life. The whole expression is emphatic: “redeeming he cannot redeem;” that is - according to Hebrew usage - he cannot “possibly” do it; it “cannot” be done. There is here no particular reference to the “means” to be employed, but only an emphatic statement of the fact that “it cannot by any possibility be done.” The object is to show how powerless and valueless is wealth in regard to the things that most pertain to a man’s welfare. It can do literally “nothing” in that which most deeply affects man, and in which he most needs help. There is no allusion here to the redemption of the soul, or to the great work of redemption, as that term is commonly understood; but it “is” true, in the highest sense, that if wealth cannot “redeem” life, or keep our best and nearest friend from the grave, much less can it avail in that which is so much more important, and so much more difficult, the redemption of the soul from eternal ruin. Here, also, as in the matter of saving from the grave, it is absolutely true that wealth can do “nothing” - literally, “nothing” - in saving the soul of its possessor, or in enabling its possessor to save his best friend. Nothing but the blood of the cross can avail then; and the wealth of the richest can do no more here than the poverty of the poorest.
Nor give to God a ransom for him - This would be more literally rendered, “a man cannot give to God his ransom;” that is, he cannot, though in the possession of the most ample wealth, give to God that which would purchase his own release from the grave. On the word “ransom,” see as above, the notes at Isaiah 43:3. Compare Matthew 16:26.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 49:7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother — Wealth cannot save from death; brother, however rich, cannot save his brother; nor will God accept riches as a ransom for the life or soul of any transgressor. To procure health of body, peace of mind, redemption from death, and eternal glory, riches are sought for and applied in vain.
