Psalm 49:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ For the ransom of life is costly and can never suffice,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, And it ceaseth for ever:)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

Common English Bible

⁸ The price to save someone’s life is too high— wealth will never be enough—

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.

Psalm 49:8 Cross References

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Job 6:23

Or, ‘Save me from an opponent’s hand’? Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?