World English Bible
"For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,"
— Psalms 49:8, World English Bible
“(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)”
“(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever), ”
“(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),”
“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.”
“(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)”
“(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)”
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.