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Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[a]
    there is no price one can give to God for it.(A)
For the ransom of life is costly
    and can never suffice,(B)
that one should live on forever
    and never see the Pit.(C)

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  1. 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother

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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