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What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
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Death: The Great Equalizer
Commentators highlight that this verse powerfully declares the universality of death. The original Hebrew uses a word for "man" that implies a hero or strong champion. The point is emphatic: no one, regardless of their power, wealth, or status, can escape physical death or deliver themselves from the power of the grave (Sheol).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? - Shall not die - to see death being an expression often used to denote death …
19th Century
Anglican
What man. —Rather, What hero, or champion, or great man. The word is used of a king ([Reference Jeremia…
Baptist
The brevity of life makes it all the more important that we should waste none of it, and that we should appeal to the Lord to intervene speedily on…
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16th Century
Protestant
What man shall live, and shall not see death? This verse contains a confirmation of what has already been stated concerning the brevity of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What man is he that lives, and will not see death ? &c.] Every living man must die; as sure as a man lives, so sure …
Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with His promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfill His word. When the great Anoint…
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