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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Psalms 49:9

That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Boasting;   Corruption;   Death;   Immortality;   Thompson Chain Reference - Body;   Corruption;   The Topic Concordance - Folly;   Trust;   Uprightness;   Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Riches;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Pit;   Redeem, Redemption;   Sheol;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hope;   Pit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Eschatology;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eschatology (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;   Yiẓḥaḳ ben Parnak;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.
King James Version
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.
New Century Version
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.
Amplified Bible
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.
World English Bible
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
to stay alive forever and safe from death.
Complete Jewish Bible
because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)
Darby Translation
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.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee though he lyue loge, & se not ye graue.
American Standard Version
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
English Revised Version
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he schal lyue yit in to the ende.
Update Bible Version
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.
New King James Version
That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.
New Living Translation
to live forever and never see the grave.
New Life Bible
to live forever and not see the grave.
New Revised Standard
that one should live on forever and never see the grave.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(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.
Young's Literal Translation
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.

Contextual Overview

6 As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves, 7 A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself: 8 So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding; 9 That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption. 10 For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth: 11 Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands! 12 But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble: 13 This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah. 14 Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

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
Lo, a people, like a lioness, shall rise, And like a strong lion, shall rouse himself up; He will not lie down till be eat the torn, And the blood of the slain, he drink.
Numbers 24:9
He hath knelt - hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed.
Ezekiel 19:5
And she saw she had waited Lost was her hope, Then took she another of her whelps. A young lion, she made him.
Hosea 5:4
Their doings, will not suffer, them to return unto their God, - for, the spirit of unchastity, is within them, and, Yahweh, have they not known.
Hosea 5:14
For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah, - I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.
Micah 5:8
And, the remnant of Jacob, shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the jungle, as a young lion among flocks of sheep, - who, if he passeth by, both treadeth down - and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
1 Corinthians 15:24
Afterwards, the end - whensoever he delivereth up the kingdom unto his God and Father, whensoever he shall bring to nought all rule and all authority and power;
Revelation 5:5
And, one of the elders, saith unto me - Do not weep! Lo! the lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath overcome, to open the scroll and the seven seals thereof.

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.


 
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