Psalms 49:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Psalms 49:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Job 36:18-19
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. …

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Boasting Formalism God Hades Immortality Life Man Ransom

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-14)

In these verses we have, I. A description of the spirit and way of worldly people, whose portion is in this life, Ps. 17:14. It is taken for granted that they have wealth, and a multitude of riches (Ps. 49:6), houses and lands of inheritance, which they call their own, Ps. 49:11. God often gives abundance of the good things of this world to bad men who live in contempt of him and rebellion against…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

7-9. yet unable to save themselves or others.