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Psalms 89:48

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— What man [is he that] liueth, and shall not see death? shall he deliuer his soule from the hand of the graue? Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Who is the man who lives and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of the grave{gr.Hades}? Pause.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
What x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
man 1397
{1397} Prime
גֶּבֶר
geber
{gheh'-ber}
From H1396; properly a valiant man or warrior; generally a person simply.
[is he that] liveth, 2421
{2421} Prime
חָיַה
chayah
{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and shall not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
see 7200
{7200} Prime
רָאָה
ra'ah
{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
death? 4194
{4194} Prime
מָוֶת
maveth
{maw'-veth}
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin.
shall he deliver 4422
{4422} Prime
מָלַט
malat
{maw-lat'}
A primitive root; properly to be smooth, that is, (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively to release or rescue; specifically to bring forth young, emit sparks.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
his soul 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
from the hand 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
of the grave? 7585
{7585} Prime
שְׁאוֹל
sh@'owl
{sheh-ole'}
From H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates.
Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 89:38-52.


Psalms 89:48

_ _ What man — literally, “strong man — shall live?” and, indeed, have not all men been made in vain, as to glorifying God?

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 89:38-52.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 89:48

What man — All men at their best estate are mortal and miserable; kings and people must unavoidably die by the conditions of their natures; and therefore, Lord, do not increase our affliction.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
What:

Psalms 49:7-9 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: ... That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
Job 30:23 For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity. ... All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 [There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

see death:

John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

shall:

Psalms 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2 Corinthians 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 30:23. Ps 49:7, 15. Ec 3:19; 8:8; 9:5; 12:7. Jn 8:51. Ac 2:27. 2Co 4:14. He 9:27; 11:5.

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