1 Corinthians 15:55 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵⁵ “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁵ O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁵ O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? [Hos. 13:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁵ O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

Common English Bible

⁵⁵ “Where is your victory, Death?” “Where is your sting, Death?” (

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁵ "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁵ O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

1 Corinthians 15:55 Cross References

Job 41:22

In its neck abides strength, and terror dances before it.

Psalm 89:48

Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah

Ecclesiastes 3:19

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.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

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.

Hosea 13:14

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.

Luke 16:23

In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.

Acts 2:27

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or let your Holy One experience corruption.

Acts 9:5

He asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Romans 5:14

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.

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.