Psalm 49:9 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁹ that he should continue to live on for ever, and never see the Pit.

More versions

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.

Psalm 49:9 Cross References

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Psalm 16:10

For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.

Acts 2:31

he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Acts 2:27

For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption.

Zechariah 1:5

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live for ever?

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

Proverbs 11:4

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

Proverbs 10:2

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

Psalm 22:29

Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive.

Acts 13:33

this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee.’