| Psalm 49:8 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever-- (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | The price to be paid for his soul is too costly. He must always give up(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
| ASV: | (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) |
| BBE: | (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) |
| DBY: | (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,) |
| ERV: | (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:) |
| JPS: | For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever-- |
| WBS: | (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
| WEB: | For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, |
| YLT: | And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. |
| Psalm 49:8 Cross References |
| XREF: | Matthew 16:26 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] {d} precious, {e} and it ceaseth for ever:)
(d) That is, so rare or not to be found, as prophecy was precious in the days of Eli, 1Sa 3:1.
(e) Meaning it is impossible to live for ever: also that life and death are only in God's hands. |
| WES: | 49:8 Soul - Of their life. Precious - Hard to be obtained. Ceaseth - It is never to be accomplished, by any mere man, for himself or for his brother. |
| MHC: | 49:6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the world; that lies nearest the heart. But with all their wealth they cannot save the life of the dearest friend they have. This looks further, to the eternal redemption to be wrought out by the Messiah. The redemption of the soul shall cost very dear; but, being once wrought, it shall never need to be repeated. And he, the Redeemer, shall rise again before he sees corruption, and then shall live for evermore, Re 1:18. This likewise shows the folly of worldly people, who sell their souls for that which will never buy them. With all their wealth they cannot secure themselves from the stroke of death. Yet one generation after another applaud their maxims; and the character of a fool, as drawn by heavenly Wisdom itself, Lu 12:16-21, continues to be followed even among professed Christians. Death will ask the proud sinner, Where is thy wealth, thy pomp? And in the morning of the resurrection, when all that sleep in the dust shall awake, the upright shall be advanced to the highest honour, when the wicked shall be filled with everlasting shame and contempt, Da 12:2. Let us now judge of things as they will appear in that day. The beauty of holiness is that alone which the grave cannot touch, or damage. |
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