Verse Comparison: Psalms 89:48
American Standard Version
What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Amplified® Bible
What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!
Contemporary English Version
No one can escape the power of death and the grave.
Darby English Version
What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Good News Bible
Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?
King James Version
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
New American Standard Bible
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
New International Version
What man can live and not see death,
or save himself from the power of the grave ?
Selah
New King James Version
What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Revised Standard Version
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah]
Young's Literal Translation
Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.