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[a]No man can ransom even a brother,
    or pay to God his own ransom.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:8 No man can ransom even a brother: an axiom. For the practice of redemption, cf. Jb 6:21–23. A play on the first Hebrew word of Ps 49:8, 16 relates the two verses.

the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)

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