King James Version
Psalms 49:15 in the King James Version says “But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or,...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 49 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or, hell”
Psalms 49:15 · KJV
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. approve: Heb. delight in their mouth
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. beauty: or, strength in the grave from: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. power: Heb. hand the grave: or, hell
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“from the power”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“of the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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