Psalms 49:7
Psalms 49:7-9 The Message (MSG)
Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn’t guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
Psalms 49:7 King James Version (KJV)
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
Psalms 49:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him
Psalms 49:7 New Century Version (NCV)
No one can buy back the life of another. No one can pay God for his own life
Psalms 49:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
Psalms 49:7 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
No-one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them
Psalms 49:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
Psalms 49:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
Psalms 49:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
Psalms 49:6-7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
They trust in their treasures and boast in their riches, yet not one of them, though rich as a king, could rescue his own brother from the guilt of his sins. No one could give God the ransom price for the soul of another, let alone for himself.