KJV King James Version
O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?
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1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
WEB World English Bible
“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
ASV American Standard Version
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?’
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 15
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?
56 The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law.
57 But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.Psalm 89:48What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Psalm 49:8-15(For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)Ecclesiastes 2:15-16Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.Acts 9:5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Ecclesiastes 8:8[There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.Revelation 20:13-14And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.Ecclesiastes 9:5-6For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.Job 18:13-14It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.
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