Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Quoted from Hosea 13:14, substantially; but freely used by the warrant of the Spirit by which Paul wrote. The Hebrew may be translated, "O death, where are thy plagues? Where, O Hades, is thy destruction?" The Septuagint, "Where is thy victory (literally, in a lawsuit), O death? Where is thy sting, O Hades? . . . Sting" answers to the Hebrew "plagues," namely, a poisoned sting causing plagues. Appropriate, as to the old serpent (Genesis 3:14-15; Numbers 21:6). "Victory" answers to the Hebrew "destruction." Compare Isaiah 25:7, "destroy . . . veil . . . over all nations," namely, victoriously destroy it; and to "in victory" (1 Corinthians 15:54), which he triumphantly repeats. The "where" implies their past victorious destroying power and sting, now gone for ever; obtained through Satan's triumph over man in Eden, which enlisted God's law on the side of Satan and death against man (Romans 5:12, Romans 5:17, Romans 5:21). The souls in Hades being freed by the resurrection, death's sting and victory are gone. For "O grave," the oldest manuscripts and versions read, "O death," the second time.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hosea 13:14
1 Corinthians 15:26
1 Corinthians 15:57
2 Timothy 1:10
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