Psalms 89:48

World English Bible (2000)

What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.
  • Ps 22:29 : 29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can't keep his soul alive.
  • Ps 49:7-9 : 7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. 8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, 9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
  • Eccl 3:19-20 : 19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

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    12so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

    13"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

    14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

  • Ps 49:15
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    15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

  • Ps 49:8-9
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    8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

    9That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

  • Job 14:10
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    10But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

    11Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

  • Isa 38:10-11
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    10I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years."

    11I said, "I won't see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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    49Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

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    4"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

    5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

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    12But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

  • Eccl 6:6
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    6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

  • Job 33:28
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    28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

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    4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • Job 14:2
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    2He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

  • Job 21:32
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    32Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

    4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

  • Ps 30:9
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    9"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

  • Ps 49:17-19
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    17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--

    19he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

    10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

    8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

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    17I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.

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    23For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

    24"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

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    16Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.

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    12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

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    12Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

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    21Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

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    18For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.

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    22Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

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    3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

    4I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

    5set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

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    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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    16I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

    17What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

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    22Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.