Psalm 49:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ (For the redemption of their soul is costly, And must be let alone for ever:)

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

Psalm 49:8 Cross References

Job 6:23

Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where are thy former mercies, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Matthew 16:26

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?