1 Corinthians 15:55

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““Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?””

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BSBPD

““Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:55 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 18:13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
  2. Job 41:22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
  3. Psalms 49:8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
  4. Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
  5. Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
  6. Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
  7. Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
  8. Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  9. Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
  10. Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
  11. Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  12. Acts 9:5“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
  13. Romans 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
  14. Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
  15. Revelation 20:13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

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