Psalm 49:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ Truly no man can ransom himself, or give to God the price of his life,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him

Common English Bible

⁷ Wealth? It can’t save a single person! It can’t pay a life’s ransom-price to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.

Psalm 49:7 Cross References

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

Proverbs 18:11

A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall protecting him.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’ ”

Hosea 12:9

I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 25:9

But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’

Mark 8:37

For what can a man give in return for his life?

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,