Bible verse
For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
Psalm 49:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 49.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
8 For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
9 that he should live on forever and not see decay.
10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
12 But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
KJV
(For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
ASV
(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),
ERV
(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)
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