Psalm 49:8 {48:9}
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Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,

Matthew 16:26
For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Psalm 49:9
And shall still live unto the end.

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Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,

Job 36:18,19 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. . . .

Context
The Evanescence of Wealth
7No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom, 8Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,9And shall still live unto the end.…
Lexicon
For the redemption
פִּדְי֥וֹן (piḏ·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6306: Ransom, that were redeemed, redemption

of his soul
נַפְשָׁ֗ם (nap̄·šām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

is costly,
וְ֭יֵקַר (wə·yê·qar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rare

and never
לְעוֹלָֽם׃ (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

can payment suffice,
וְחָדַ֥ל (wə·ḥā·ḏal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle


Additional Translations
For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)

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

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

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

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

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

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

And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
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