Psalm 49:9
Strong's Lexicon
that he should live on
וִֽיחִי־ (wî·ḥî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

ע֥וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: subst 1) a going round, continuance adv 2) still, yet, again, besides 2a) still, yet (of continuance or persistence) 2b) still, yet, more (of addition or repetition) 2c) again 2d) still, moreover, besides

forever
לָנֶ֑צַח (lā·ne·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5331: 1) eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness 1a) eminence 1b) enduring of life 1c) endurance in time, perpetual, continual, unto the end 1d) everlastingness, ever

and not
לֹ֖א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

see
יִרְאֶ֣ה (yir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

decay.
הַשָּֽׁחַת׃ (haš·šā·ḥaṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7845: 1) pit, destruction, grave 1a) pit (for catching lions) 1b) pit (of Hell)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Young's Literal Translation
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

New American Standard Bible
That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.

King James Bible
That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
so that they should live on forever and not see decay.

New Living Translation
to live forever and never see the grave.

English Standard Version
that he should live on forever and never see the pit.

New American Standard Bible
That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.

King James Bible
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

International Standard Version
that he should go on living and not see corruption.

NET Bible
so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

American Standard Version
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

English Revised Version
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.

Young's Literal Translation
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
















Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalm 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Psalm 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 49:8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Psalm 49:7
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Psalm 49:6
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Psalm 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

Psalm 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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