Psalms 49:7 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God —

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,

English EASY 2024

Nobody can pay the price to save another person. Nobody can pay God the price for their life.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But no one has enough to buy back a life, and you cannot bribe God.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,

English God's Word - GW 1995

No one can ever buy back another person or pay God a ransom for his life.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God--

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Truly, no man can redeem his brother; He cannot give to God a ransom for him—

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him--

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

No man can pay for the life of anyone else. No one can give God what that would cost.

English NIV

No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Truly, no ransom avails for one's life, there is no price one can give to God for it.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

yet not one of them, though rich as kings, can ransom his own brother from the penalty of sin! For God's forgiveness does not come that way.

English Tyndale 1537

No man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto him for God.(for him unto God)

Psalms 49:7 — Compare Translations