KJV King James Version
For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
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Psalm 73:4
For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
WEB World English Bible
For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
ASV American Standard Version
For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And their might is firm.
Surrounding context — Psalm 73
1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
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Job 21:23-24One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;Ecclesiastes 2:16For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.Psalm 17:14From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.Ecclesiastes 7:15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.Psalm 17:10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.Job 24:20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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