Psalms 89:48

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

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  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.
  • Ps 22:29 : 29 All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
  • Ps 49:7-9 : 7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; 8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
  • Eccl 3:19-20 : 19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose. 20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

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    46 How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

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  • Job 14:12-14
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    12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

    14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

  • Ps 49:15
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    15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

  • Ps 49:8-9
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    8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

    9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

  • Job 14:10
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    10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10 Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

    11 Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

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    5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

  • Isa 38:10-11
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    10 I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

    11 I said, I will not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I will not see man again or those living in the world.

  • Ps 89:49
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    49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

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    4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

    5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

  • Ps 49:12
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    12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6 And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?

  • Job 33:28
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    28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

  • Job 14:2
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    2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

  • Job 21:32
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    32 He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

    4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

  • Ps 30:9
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    9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

  • Ps 49:17-19
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    17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

    18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

    19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9 A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

    10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7 No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

    8 No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

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    17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord.

  • Job 30:23-24
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    23 For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

    24 Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

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    16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 34:12
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    12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

  • Job 3:21
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    21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

  • Isa 38:18
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    18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

  • Job 33:22
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    22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

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    3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

    4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

    5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

  • Job 7:16-17
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    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

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    22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

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    10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.