that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
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that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
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That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
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(49-10) That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
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Passages linked to Psalms 49:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 89:48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?
- Psalms 16:10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
- Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Proverbs 11:4 Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- John 8:51-52 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.” Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
- Acts 2:27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
- Psalms 22:29 All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
- Zechariah 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- Luke 16:22-23 The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
- Acts 2:31 he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul wasn’t left in Hades, and his flesh didn’t see decay.
- Acts 13:33 that God has fulfilled this to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’
- Acts 13:35-37 Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay. But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 49:9 That he should still live for ever,…
Psa 49:9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
Ver. 9. That he should still live for ever] As every wicked man would, if it might be had for money; for he knoweth no happiness but to have and to hold; on the other side of the grave he looketh for no good; whereas a godly man holdeth mortality a mercy, as Php 1:23, he hath Mortem in desiderio et vitam in patientia, as Fulgentius saith, he desireth to die, and yet is content to live; accepting of life rather than affecting it, enduring it rather than desiring it.
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And not see corruption] Heb. the pit of corruption. The Chaldee understandeth it as hell; to the which the wicked man’s death is as a trap door.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, the pit, or the grave, i.e. not die,…
Or, the pit, or the grave, i.e. not die, as that phrase is oft used, as has been noted before.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That he should still live for ever,.... Or "though…
That he should still live for ever,.... Or "though he should live", &c. (w). Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years twice told, as in Ecc 6:6; yet he could not in all this time, with all his riches, redeem his brother; and at last must die himself, and so must his brother too, as his own experience and observation may assure him, Psa 49:10. Or the meaning is, he cannot so redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him, that he should live a corporeal life for ever, and never die; since all men die, wise men and fools, rich and poor; and much less that he should live and enjoy an "eternal life", as the Targum; a life of happiness and bliss hereafter, which is not to be obtained by gold and silver, but is the pure gift of God;
and not see corruption; the grave, the pit of corruption, the house appointed for all living: or "the judgment of hell", according to the Chaldee paraphrase.
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(w) "etiamsi vivat", Gejerus.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain That he should still live for ever - That…
That he should still live for ever - That his brother whom he could not redeem - or that he himself - should not die, Psa 49:8. The idea is, that the price of life is so great that no wealth can rescue it so that a man shall not die.
And not see corruption - Should not return to dust, or moulder away in the grave. See the notes at Psa 16:10.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain corruption--literally, "pit," or, "grave," thus showing that "soul" is…
corruption--literally, "pit," or, "grave," thus showing that "soul" is used for "life" [Psa 49:8].
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. The preceding verse is a parenthesis, and this…
9. The preceding verse is a parenthesis, and this verse is to be connected with Psa_49:7 and rendered,
That he should live on perpetually,
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(And) should not see the pit.
‘To see the pit’ = to experience death. The word shachath, rendered corruption in the A.V., must mean ‘pit’ in some passages where it occurs (e.g. Psa_7:15; Psa_30:9), and may have this meaning always. Cp. note on Psa_16:10.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) That—i.e., in order that; introducing the purpose of…
(9) That—i.e., in order that; introducing the purpose of the imagined ransom in Psa_49:7. Others connect it consecutively with Psa_49:8, “He must give up for ever the hope of living for ever.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That he should still live for ever, and not…
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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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 9. No price could secure for any man…
Ver. 9. No price could secure for any man that he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. Mad are men now after gold, what would they be if it could buy the elixir of immortality? Gold is lavished out of the bag to cheat the worm of the poor body by embalming it, or enshrining it in a coffin of lead, but it is a miserable business, a very burlesque and comedy. As for the soul, it is too subtle a thing to be detained when it hears the divine command to soar through tracks unknown. Never, therefore, will we fear those base nibblers at our heels, whose boasted treasure proves to be so powerless to save.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 so that his body should not decay
so that his body should not decay
This refers to the body decomposing in the grave.
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he will see decay
The writer speaks of experiencing something as if it were seeing that thing. AT: "he will die and his body will decay" (See: Metaphor)
Wise men die; the fool and the brute alike perish
The author refers to all people by referring to those who have the most and least wisdom. (See: Merism)
brute
This means a person who is stupid or unintelligent.
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life
eternity
wise
die
fool
perish
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