Psalm 89:48
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Whatמִ֤י
(mi)
4310: who?a prim. pronoun
manגֶ֣בֶר
(ge·ver)
1397: manfrom gabar
can liveיִֽ֭חְיֶה
(yich·yeh)
2421a: to livea prim. root
and not seeיִרְאֶה־
(yir·'eh-)
7200: to seea prim. root
death?מָּ֑וֶת
(ma·vet;)
4194: deathfrom muth
Can he deliverיְמַלֵּ֨ט
(ye·mal·let)
4422: to slip awaya prim. root
his soulנַפְשֹׁ֖ו
(naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
from the powerמִיַּד־
(mi·yad-)
3027: handa prim. root
of Sheol?שְׁאֹ֣ול
(she·'o·vl)
7585: underworld (place to which people descend at death)of uncertain derivation
Selah.סֶֽלָה׃
(se·lah.)
5542: to lift up, exaltfrom salal


















KJV Lexicon
What man
geber  (gheh'-ber)
a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply -- every one, man, mighty.
is he that liveth
chayah  (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
and shall not see
ra'ah  (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
shall he deliver
malat  (maw-lat')
to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
his soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
from the hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of the grave
sh'owl  (sheh-ole')
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit.
Selah
celah  (seh'-law)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

King James Bible
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah

International Standard Version
What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

NET Bible
No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Who is the man who will live and will not see death and will save his soul from the hand of Sheol?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? [Selah]

King James 2000 Bible
What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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