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Berean Standard Bible

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

1 Corinthians 15:55

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Near the end of his great chapter on resurrection, Paul describes the moment when the dead will be raised imperishable and the mortal will put on immortality. He breaks into a taunt directed at death itself, drawing on the prophet Hosea.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Dónde está, oh muerte, tu aguijón? ¿dónde, oh sepulcro, tu victoria?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

«¿Dónde está, oh muerte, tu aguijón? ¿Dónde está, oh sepulcro, tu victoria?».

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