Psalms 49:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: ”

Psalms 49:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

None of them can bid any means redeem his brother - None of those who are rich. This verse might be literally rendered, “a brother cannot by redeeming redeem; a man cannot give to God his own ran...
Psalms 49:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLIX. The Immortality of the Righteous. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20 , and it probably stood originally after...
Psalms 49:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

None . no man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14. by any means redeem. Hebrew Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). "redeeming will redeem". redeem . deliver by power. Hebrew. padah. See notes on Exod...
Psalms 49:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: Sone of them can by any means redeem his brother - Wealth cannot save from death; brother, however rich, cannot s...
Psalms 49:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They that trust in their wealth, &c.— Some translate it, Confident men boast themselves in their wealth, and in the multitude of their riches: Psalms 49:7 . One cannot by any means redeem t...
Psalms 49:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: -The godly has no cause for overwhelming fear because of the power of the ungodly; nor has the ungodly reaso...
Psalms 49:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his...
Psalms 49:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 49:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 49:1-20 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present...
Psalms 49:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Trusting in Riches Psalms 49:1-20 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to...
Psalms 49:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. Ther...
Psalms 49:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These words are very plain, and speak a truth which every day's experience in the world proves. Every rich man that dies manifests a new testimony, that death is not to be bribed. Neither can one ric...
Psalms 49:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother ,.... That is, "with their substance", or "riches", as the Targum and Jarchi supply. Some, according to the order of the words in the original, ren...
Psalms 49:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: Ver. 7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother ] And therefore all money that hath been given for ma...
Psalms 49:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They , &c. The psalmist, having said that good men had no sufficient cause of fear on account of what they might suffer from ungodly men, now proceeds to show that the ungodly had no reason to b...
Psalms 49:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the mul...
Psalms 49:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Redeem, to wit, from death, as appears from Psalms 49:9,10 &c.; neither from the first death, nor from the second, which he points at Psalms 49:14,19 . His brother; whom he would do hi...
Psalms 49:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Helplessness Of The Rich In The Face Of Death ( Psalms 49:6-10 ). He now points out that the rich are helpless in the face of death. None can redeem his brother, because the price of such rede...
Psalms 49:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are...
Psalms 49:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

redeem ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 14:30 ).
Psalms 49:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 49:7 These words ought to teach us: (1) that we cannot save other people, however much we may wish to do so, and (2) that other people cannot save us, no matter how great a desire they may...
Psalms 49:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descript...
Psalms 49:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:...
Psalms 49:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of society Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of...
Psalms 49:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1-19 , and Psalms 73:1-19 . It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, who...
Psalms 49:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Kora...
Psalms 49:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:18 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Matthew 20:28
Psalms 49:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Redeem — Neither from the first death, nor from the second. Brother — Whom he would do his utmost to preserve.

Psalms 49:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 49:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 49:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 49:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 49:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 49:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 49:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 49:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 49:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 49:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes