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Psalms 49:9
9So nobody can live for ever. Everyone goes to their grave one day.
Psalms 49:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- New International Version (NIV)so that they should live on forever and not see decay.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.
Context of Psalms 49:9
7Nobody can pay the price to save another person. Nobody can pay God the price for their life. 8A human life costs too much to buy it back. Nobody could ever pay enough. So nobody can live for ever. Everyone goes to their grave one day. 10Surely you see that even wise people die, in the way that fools and stupid people also die. Then their money will belong to someone else. 11Their graves will be their homes for ever. They had their own land, which was called by their name,
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:9 word by word
וִֽיחִי־ע֥וֹד לָנֶ֑צַח לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 49:9
- Psalms 89:48Nobody can continue to live and never die. Nobody can escape from the power of death.
- Proverbs 10:2If you are not honest, your money will not help you. But if you are righteous, it will save you from death.
- Proverbs 11:4When it is time for God to punish you, money will not help you to escape. But if you are righteous, that will save you from death.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8Nobody has the power to control the wind. Also, nobody has the power to decide the day of their death. Soldiers are not allowed to leave a battle. Also, if people do wicked things, that will not rescue them.
- Zechariah 1:5That was a long time ago. Your ancestors have been dead for a long time. So have the prophets.
- Luke 16:22Then Lazarus died and God's angels carried him away. They put him at the side of Abraham in heaven. The rich man then also died and his family buried him in the ground.
- Psalms 16:10You, Lord, will not leave me in the deep hole of death. As one who belongs to you, you will not leave my body to spoil in the grave.
- John 8:51I tell you this: Anyone who obeys my words will never die.’
- Acts 2:27When I die, you will not leave me in Hades, the place for dead people. You will not let anything destroy the body of your Holy One.
- Acts 13:33Now he has done these things for us who are alive today. He has raised up Jesus to live again. We can read about this in the second Psalm. God says, “You are my Son. Today, I have become your Father.”
Commentaries on Psalms 49:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9That he should still live for ever - That his brother whom he could not redeem - or that he himself - should not die, Psalm 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 Psalm 16:10.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20In this wisdom psalm, a wise teacher warns about enemies who live richly and care only for themselves (Psalm 49:5–9). They cannot save anyone, not even themselves, from death or being forgotten (Psalm 49:10–12). Like fattened animals, they are led to slaughter (Psalm 49:14–20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. yet unable to save themselves or others.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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