Psalm 49:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough--

New Living Translation
Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough

English Standard Version
for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,

Berean Study Bible
For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,

New American Standard Bible
For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever—

NASB 1995
For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--

NASB 1977
For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever—

Amplified Bible
For the ransom of his soul is too costly, And he should cease trying forever—

Christian Standard Bible
since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying--

Contemporary English Version
It costs far too much to buy back your life. You can never pay God enough

Good News Translation
because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The price to be paid for his soul is too costly. He must always give up

International Standard Version
for it would cost too much to redeem his life, and the payments would go on forever—

NET Bible
(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),
Classic Translations
King James Bible
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

New King James Version
For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever—

King James 2000 Bible
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:)

New Heart English Bible
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

World English Bible
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

American King James Version
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)

American Standard Version
(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)

A Faithful Version
For the redemption of their soul is costly, and no payment is ever enough.

Darby Bible Translation
(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)

English Revised Version
(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)

Webster's Bible Translation
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer)

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For it costeth more to redeme their soules, so that he must let that alone for euer.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, "" And it has ceased for all time.

Young's Literal Translation
And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

Smith's Literal Translation
(And the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceased forever:)

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,

Catholic Public Domain Version
nor the price for the redemption of his soul. And he will labor continuously,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The salvation of their souls is precious; it labors for eternity,

Lamsa Bible
For the redemption of their souls is precious:

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For too costly is the redemption of their soul, And must be let alone for ever--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,
















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