Psalm 89:48

Hebrew	זְכָר אֲנִ֥י מֶה חָ֑לֶד עַל מַה שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigבָּרָא hebrew Meaning: * To create * To cut down, select, feed Bara is a verb that is never takes a human subject; God is always the one who creates in the Old Testament. In contrast, עָשָׂה (to make or do) and יָצַר (to form and to build) do often have humans as the subject. כָל בְּנֵי אָדָֽם
ESV	What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
NIV	What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of the grave? Selah
NLT	No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
LXX	τίς ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἄνθρωπος ὃςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ greek Meaning: * Who * Which * What The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent). It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning ζήσεται καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” οὐκ ὄψεται θάνατον ῥύσεται τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου διάψαλμα
KJV	What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

^{Psalm 89:47 ← Psalm 89:48 → Psalm 89:49}

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