Psalms 89:48

NETBible

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. 1  (Selah)

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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

MSG ©

We'll see death soon enough. Everyone does. And there's no back door out of hell.

BBE ©

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
What man
<01397>
[is he that] liveth
<02421> (8799)_,
and shall not see
<07200> (8799)
death
<04194>_?
shall he deliver
<04422> (8762)
his soul
<05315>
from the hand
<03027>
of the grave
<07585>_?
Selah
<05542>_.
NASB ©
What
<4310>
man
<1397>
can live
<2421>
and not see
<7200>
death
<4194>
? Can he deliver
<4422>
his soul
<5315>
from the power
<3027>
of Sheol
<7585>
? Selah
<5542>
.
LXXM
(88:49) tiv
<5100> 
I-NSM
estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
anyrwpov
<444> 
N-NSM
ov
<3739> 
R-NSM
zhsetai
<2198> 
V-FMI-3S
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
oqetai
<3708> 
V-FMI-3S
yanaton
<2288> 
N-ASM
rusetai {V-FMI-3S} thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
quchn
<5590> 
N-ASF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
ek
<1537> 
PREP
ceirov
<5495> 
N-GSF
adou
<86> 
N-GSM
diaqalma {N-NSN}
NET [draft] ITL
No man
<01397>
can live
<02421>
on without
<03808>
experiencing
<07200>
death
<04194>
, or deliver
<04422>
his life
<05315>
from the power
<03027>
of Sheol
<07585>
. (Selah
<05542>
)
HEBREW
hlo
<05542>
lwas
<07585>
dym
<03027>
wspn
<05315>
jlmy
<04422>
twm
<04194>
hary
<07200>
alw
<03808>
hyxy
<02421>
rbg
<01397>
ym
<04310>
(89:48)
<89:49>
NETBible

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. 1  (Selah)

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “Who [is] the man [who] can live and not see death, [who] can deliver his life from the hand of Sheol?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”