Psalm 49:7–8
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7–9Really! 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
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Truly no man can ransom another,
or give to God the price of his life,
for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
No one can redeem the life of another
or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom for a life is costly,
no payment is ever enough—
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God—
since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying—
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NLTNew Living Translation
Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death
by paying a ransom to God.
Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Surely a man cannot redeem a brother.
He cannot give to God his ransom
(since the redemption price for their life is costly
and it always fails),
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KJV 1900King James Version
None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him:
(For the redemption of their soul is precious,
And it ceaseth for ever:)
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