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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Complete Jewish Bible
Psalms 49:9
because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)
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Christian Standard Bible®
so that he may live foreverand not see the Pit.
so that he may live foreverand not see the Pit.
Hebrew Names Version
That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
King James Version
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
English Standard Version
that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
New Century Version
Do people live forever? Don't they all face death?
Do people live forever? Don't they all face death?
New English Translation
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.
Amplified Bible
So that he should live on eternally, That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.
So that he should live on eternally, That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.
New American Standard Bible
That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.
That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.
World English Bible
That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.
That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.
Legacy Standard Bible
That he should live on eternally,That he should not see corruption.
That he should live on eternally,That he should not see corruption.
Berean Standard Bible
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
Contemporary English Version
to stay alive forever and safe from death.
to stay alive forever and safe from death.
Darby Translation
That he should still live perpetually, [and] not see corruption.
That he should still live perpetually, [and] not see corruption.
Easy-to-Read Version
You will never have enough to buy the right to live forever and keep your body out of the grave.
You will never have enough to buy the right to live forever and keep your body out of the grave.
George Lamsa Translation
Do good for ever and you shall live for ever, and not see corruption.
Do good for ever and you shall live for ever, and not see corruption.
Good News Translation
to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.
to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.
Lexham English Bible
so that he may stay alive forever and not see the pit.
so that he may stay alive forever and not see the pit.
Literal Translation
for he shall yet live forever; he shall never see corruption.
for he shall yet live forever; he shall never see corruption.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee though he lyue loge, & se not ye graue.
Yee though he lyue loge, & se not ye graue.
American Standard Version
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
Bible in Basic English
So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
King James Version (1611)
That he should still liue for euer, and not see corruption.
That he should still liue for euer, and not see corruption.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.
yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.
and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.
English Revised Version
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he schal lyue yit in to the ende.
and he schal lyue yit in to the ende.
Update Bible Version
That he should still live always, That he should not see corruption.
That he should still live always, That he should not see corruption.
Webster's Bible Translation
That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
New King James Version
That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.
That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.
New Living Translation
to live forever and never see the grave.
to live forever and never see the grave.
New Life Bible
to live forever and not see the grave.
to live forever and not see the grave.
New Revised Standard
that one should live on forever and never see the grave.
that one should live on forever and never see the grave.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.
That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(48-10) And shall still live unto the end.
(48-10) And shall still live unto the end.
Revised Standard Version
that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.
that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.
Young's Literal Translation
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
Contextual Overview
6 Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me, 7 the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are? 8 No one can ever redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him , 9 because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!) 10 to have him live on eternally and never see the pit. 11 For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others. 12 They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates. 13 But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die. 14 This is the manner of life of the foolish and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
That he: Psalms 89:48, Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 11:4, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Zechariah 1:5, Luke 16:22, Luke 16:23
see: Psalms 16:10, John 8:51, John 8:52, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:33, Acts 13:35-37
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:29 - must die Job 17:14 - corruption John 11:39 - Lord Acts 13:36 - and saw 1 Corinthians 15:42 - in corruption 1 Peter 4:14 - reproached
Cross-References
Numbers 23:24
"Here is a people rising up like a lioness; like a lion he rears himself up — he will not lie down till he eats up the prey and drinks the blood of the slain."
"Here is a people rising up like a lioness; like a lion he rears himself up — he will not lie down till he eats up the prey and drinks the blood of the slain."
Numbers 24:9
"When they lie down they crouch like a lion, or like a lioness — who dares to rouse it? Blessed be all who bless you! Cursed be all who curse you!"
"When they lie down they crouch like a lion, or like a lioness — who dares to rouse it? Blessed be all who bless you! Cursed be all who curse you!"
Ezekiel 19:5
When she saw that she had been thwarted, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made a young lion of him.
When she saw that she had been thwarted, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made a young lion of him.
Hosea 5:4
Their deeds will not allow them to return to their God, for the spirit of whoring is in them, and they don't know Adonai .
Their deeds will not allow them to return to their God, for the spirit of whoring is in them, and they don't know Adonai .
Hosea 5:14
For to Efrayim I will be like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Y'hudah — I will tear them up and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue.
For to Efrayim I will be like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Y'hudah — I will tear them up and go away; I will carry them off, and no one will rescue.
Micah 5:8
Your hand will be raised over your enemies; all your adversaries will be destroyed.
Your hand will be raised over your enemies; all your adversaries will be destroyed.
1 Corinthians 15:24
then the culmination, when he hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.
then the culmination, when he hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.
Revelation 5:5
One of the elders said to me, "Don't cry. Look, the Lion of the tribe of Y'hudah, the Root of David, has won the right to open the scroll and its seven seals."
One of the elders said to me, "Don't cry. Look, the Lion of the tribe of Y'hudah, the Root of David, has won the right to open the scroll and its seven seals."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That he should still live for ever,.... Or "though he should live", c. w. Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years twice told, as in Ecclesiastes 6:6 yet he could not in all this time, with all his riches, redeem his brother; and at last must die himself, and so must his brother too, as his own experience and observation may assure him, Psalms 49:10. Or the meaning is, he cannot so redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him, that he should live a corporeal life for ever, and never die; since all men die, wise men and fools, rich and poor; and much less that he should live and enjoy an "eternal life", as the Targum; a life of happiness and bliss hereafter, which is not to be obtained by gold and silver, but is the pure gift of God;
[and] not see corruption; the grave, the pit of corruption, the house appointed for all living: or "the judgment of hell", according to the Chaldee paraphrase.
w ויהי "etiamsi vivat", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
That he should still live for ever - That his brother whom he could not redeem - or that he himself - should not die, Psalms 49:8. The idea is, that the price of life is so great that no wealth can rescue it so that a man shall not die.
And not see corruption - Should not return to dust, or moulder away in the grave. See the notes at Psalms 16:10.
