Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough— New Living Translation Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough English Standard Version for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, Berean Standard Bible For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, King James Bible (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) New King James Version For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever— New American Standard Bible For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever— NASB 1995 For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever— NASB 1977 For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever— Legacy Standard Bible For the redemption price for their soul is costly, And it ceases forever— Amplified Bible For the ransom of his soul is too costly, And he should cease trying forever— Christian Standard Bible since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying — Holman Christian Standard Bible since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying— American Standard Version (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever), Aramaic Bible in Plain English The salvation of their souls is precious; it labors for eternity, Brenton Septuagint Translation or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever, Contemporary English Version It costs far too much to buy back your life. You can never pay God enough Douay-Rheims Bible Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever, English Revised Version (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:) GOD'S WORD® Translation The price to be paid for his soul is too costly. He must always give up Good News Translation because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough International Standard Version for it would cost too much to redeem his life, and the payments would go on forever— JPS Tanakh 1917 For too costly is the redemption of their soul, And must be let alone for ever-- Literal Standard Version And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, | And it has ceased for all time. Majority Standard Bible For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, New American Bible The redemption of his soul is costly; and he will pass away forever. NET Bible (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), New Revised Standard Version For the ransom of life is costly, and can never suffice, New Heart English Bible For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, Webster's Bible Translation (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) World English Bible For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, Young's Literal Translation And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Evanescence of Wealth…7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. 8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, 9that he should live on forever and not see decay.… Cross References Matthew 16:26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Psalm 49:9 that he should live on forever and not see decay. Treasury of Scripture (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:) Job 36:18,19 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee… Jump to Previous Able Age Alone Cease Ceased Ceaseth Costly Death Enough Faileth Forever Great Life Payment Precious Price Ransom Redemption Soul Suffice TryingJump to Next Able Age Alone Cease Ceased Ceaseth Costly Death Enough Faileth Forever Great Life Payment Precious Price Ransom Redemption Soul Suffice TryingPsalm 49 1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired (8) For.--This verse is rightly placed in a parenthesis. "Soul" is the animal life, as generally, and here necessarily from the context. There is no anticipation of the Christian scheme of redemption from sin. A ransom which could buy a man from death, as one redeems a debtor or prisoner, would be beyond the means of the wealthiest, even if nature allowed such a bargain. It ceaseth for ever.--This is obscure. It may mean, either the ransom utterly fails, or the life utterly perishes, and so cannot be ransomed. Or, as in the Prayer Book version, the verb may be taken transitively, "he lets that alone for ever." The first of these is the simplest, and most agreeable to the context. Verse 8. - For the redemption of their soul is precious; or, costly - too costly, i.e., for them, however rich they may be, to be able to effect it (comp. Job 36:18, 19). And it ceaseth for ever; rather, and one must let that aloes for ever (Cheyne, Kay, Hengstenberg, Revised Version).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For the redemptionפִּדְי֥וֹן (piḏ·yō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6306: Ransom, that were redeemed, redemption of his soul נַפְשָׁ֗ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion is costly, וְ֭יֵקַר (wə·yê·qar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rare and never לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always can payment suffice, וְחָדַ֥ל (wə·ḥā·ḏal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle Links Psalm 49:8 NIVPsalm 49:8 NLT Psalm 49:8 ESV Psalm 49:8 NASB Psalm 49:8 KJV Psalm 49:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 49:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 49:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 49:8 French Bible Psalm 49:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 49:8 For the redemption of their life (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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