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Psalm 49:7

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7A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

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Psalm 49:7–9: 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, that he should live on forever and never see the pit.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Truly no man can ransom another,

or give to God the price of his life,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

No one can redeem the life of another

or give to God a ransom for them—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet these cannot redeem a person

or pay his ransom to God—

NLTNew Living Translation

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death

by paying a ransom to God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely a man cannot redeem a brother.

He cannot give to God his ransom

KJV 1900King James Version

None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor give to God a ransom for him: