1 Corinthians 15:55 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? [Hos. 13:14.] American Standard Version (1901) O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? Common English Bible “Where is your victory, Death?” “Where is your sting, Death?” ( Catholic Public Domain Version "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? |
Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah
For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or let your Holy One experience corruption.
He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.
They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.