Psalm 49:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ that one should live on forever and never see the Pit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ That he should still live for ever, And not see corruption.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ So that he should live on forever and never see the pit (the grave) and corruption.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

Common English Bible

⁹ no one can live forever without experiencing the pit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.

Psalm 49:9 Cross References

Psalm 16:10

For you do not give me up to Sheol or let your faithful one see the Pit.

Psalm 22:29

To him, indeed, shall all who sleep in the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and I shall live for him.

Psalm 89:48

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

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

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.

Zechariah 1:5

Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Acts 13:33

he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you.’

Acts 2:27

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

Acts 2:31

Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, ‘He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption.’