World English Bible
Psalms 49:8
“For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,”
Verse in context — Psalms 49
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Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
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none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
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For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
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That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
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For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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