Psalm 49:9
New International Version
so that they should live on forever and not see decay.

New Living Translation
to live forever and never see the grave.

English Standard Version
that he should live on forever and never see the pit.

Berean Standard Bible
that he should live on forever and not see decay.

King James Bible
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

New King James Version
That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.

New American Standard Bible
That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.

NASB 1995
That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.

NASB 1977
That he should live on eternally; That he should not undergo decay.

Legacy Standard Bible
That he should live on eternally, That he should not see corruption.

Amplified Bible
So that he should live on eternally, That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

Christian Standard Bible
so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

American Standard Version
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That you shall live for the eternity of eternities and you shall not see destruction.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.

Contemporary English Version
to stay alive forever and safe from death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
and shall still live unto the end.

English Revised Version
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
in order to live forever and never see the pit.

Good News Translation
to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.

International Standard Version
that he should go on living and not see corruption.

JPS Tanakh 1917
That he should still live alway, That he should not see the pit.

Literal Standard Version
And still he lives forever, | He does not see the pit.

Majority Standard Bible
that he should live on forever and not see decay.

New American Bible
Will he live on forever, then, and never see the Pit of Corruption?

NET Bible
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

New Revised Standard Version
that one should live on forever and never see the grave.

New Heart English Bible
that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

Webster's Bible Translation
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

World English Bible
that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

Young's Literal Translation
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

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Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice, 9that he should live on forever and not see decay. 10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.…

Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Psalm 22:29
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him--even those unable to preserve their lives.

Psalm 89:48
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah


Treasury of Scripture

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

That he

Psalm 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

see

Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

John 8:51,52
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death…

Acts 2:27,31
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption…

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Psalm 49
1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection
16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired














(9) That--i.e., in order that; introducing the purpose of the imagined ransom in Psalm 49:7. Others connect it consecutively with Psalm 49:8, "He must give up for ever the hope of living for ever."

Verse 9. - That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. This verse is to be closely connected with ver. 7, ver. 8 being parenthetical It describes the effect which the payment of a ransom by the rich, were it possible, might be expected to have.

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Hebrew
that he should live on
וִֽיחִי־ (wî·ḥî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

forever
לָנֶ֑צַח (lā·ne·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity

and not
לֹ֖א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

see
יִרְאֶ֣ה (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

decay.
הַשָּֽׁחַת׃ (haš·šā·ḥaṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction


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