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48 No one can live forever; all will die.
    No one can escape the power of the grave.[a] Interlude

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  1. 89:48 Hebrew of Sheol.

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

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15 But as for me, God will redeem my life.
    He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude

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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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It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[a] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.

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  1. 11:5 Gen 5:24.

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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  1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24

51 I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”

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

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For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God 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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The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

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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 And I know you are sending me to my death—
    the destination of all who live.

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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 leave my soul among the dead[a]
    or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.

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  1. 2:27 Greek in Hades; also in 2:31.

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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None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

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

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[a]
    by paying a ransom to God.
Redemption does not come so easily,
    for no one can ever pay enough
to live forever
    and never see the grave.

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  1. 49:7 Some Hebrew manuscripts read no one can redeem the life of another.

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 Let the rich of the earth feast and worship.
    Bow before him, all who are mortal,
    all whose lives will end as dust.

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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 each person is destined to die once and 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 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus,[a] will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.

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  1. 4:14 Some manuscripts read who raised Jesus.

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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