New Revised Standard Version
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones.

Contemporary English Version
You are deeply concerned when one of your loyal people faces death.

New American Bible
Dear in the eyes of the LORD is the death of his devoted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

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Psalm 37:32,33 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death, . . .

Psalm 72:14 He shall redeem their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their names shall be honourable in his sight.

1 Samuel 25:29 For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.

Job 5:26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

Luke 16:22 And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

Revelation 1:18 And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell.

Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne and before the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased from the earth.