48 (A)What man can live and never (B)see death?
    Who can deliver his soul from the power of (C)Sheol? Selah

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48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(A)

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15 But God will (A)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will (B)receive me. Selah

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15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;(A)
    he will surely take me to himself.(B)

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By faith (A)Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

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By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](A) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24

51 Truly, truly, (A)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never (B)see death.”

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51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”(A)

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and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)who gave it.

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten.

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For the living know that they will die,
    but the dead know nothing;(A)
they have no further reward,
    and even their name(B) is forgotten.(C)

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23 (A)For I know that you will bring me to death
    and to the house appointed for (B)all living.

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23 I know you will bring me down to death,(A)
    to the place appointed for all the living.(B)

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27 For you will not abandon my soul to (A)Hades,
    (B)or let your (C)Holy One (D)see corruption.

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27 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    you will not let your holy one see decay.(A)

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No man has power to (A)retain the spirit, (B)or power over the day of death. There is no (C)discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

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As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

Truly no man (A)can ransom another,
    or (B)give to God (C)the price of his life,
for (D)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
that he should live on forever
    and (E)never see the pit.

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No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)
so that they should live on(C) forever
    and not see decay.(D)

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29 All (A)the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
    before him shall (B)bow all who go down to the dust,
    even the one who could not (C)keep himself alive.

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29 All the rich(A) of the earth will feast and worship;(B)
    all who go down to the dust(C) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.(D)

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27 And just as (A)it is appointed for man to die once, and (B)after that comes judgment,

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27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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14 knowing that (A)he who raised the Lord Jesus (B)will raise us also with Jesus and (C)bring us with you into his presence.

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14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead(A) will also raise us with Jesus(B) and present us with you to himself.(C)

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