Psalms Chapter 49 verse 7 Holy Bible
None `of them' can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
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Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
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None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.
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A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - None of them can by any means redeem his brother. The text is suspected. If we read אַך for אָה, with Ewald and Professor Cheyne, the right translation will be, Nevertheless, no man can by any means redeem himself. With all his boasting, the rich man cannot effect his own redemption; nor, however great his wealth, can he give to God a ransom for him; i.e. for himself. "Brother" is not used in the Psalms in the sense of "fellow-man," but only in the literal sense of close blood, relation (Psalm 35:14; Psalm 50:20).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) None of them can.--Brother is here used in the wide sense of Leviticus 19:17, Genesis 13:11 (where rendered "the one"). The sense is the same whether we make it nominative or accusative. Death is the debt which all owe, and which each must pay for himself. No wealth can buy a man off. God, in whose hand are the issues of life and death, is not to be bribed; nor, as the next verse says, even if the arrangement were possible, would any wealth be sufficient.
