Psalms 89:48 — Compare All Translations

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

Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

English ASV

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

English Amplified

What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

English EASY 2024

Nobody can continue to live and never die. Nobody can escape from the power of death.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Is there anyone alive who will never die? Will anyone escape the grave? Selah

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?

English God's Word - GW 1995

Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah

English KJV 1611

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

English LSB

What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

What man can live and not see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

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

Remember how brief is my life, how frail the race you created!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What man can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave? Selah

English NIV

What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah

English NKJ 1982

What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave?

English NLT

No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Which one of us will live forever? We are all mortal, terminal, for we will all one day die. Which one of us would ever escape our appointment with death and dodge our own funeral?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

No man can live forever. All will die. Who can rescue his life from the power of the grave?

English Tyndale 1537

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his own soul from the hand of hell? Selah.

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