What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWhat man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Who is the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.