Yet these cannot redeem a person[a]
or pay his ransom to God(A)
since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:7 Or Certainly he cannot redeem himself, or Yet he cannot redeem a brother
  2. Psalm 49:8 Or costly, it will cease forever

No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’(B)

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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