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Read›Mark›Chapter 9

Temptations and Trespasses

Mark 9:48

In 9 translations

BSB
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’Isaiah 66:24
KJV
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
WEB
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
ASV
where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
LSV
where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
YLT
where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
DBY
where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
DRC9:47
Where the worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
GNV
Where their worme dyeth not, and the fire neuer goeth out.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται.
RP2018
ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται.
TR-Boyd
ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται.
SCR1894
οπου ο σκωληξ αυτων ου τελευτα και το πυρ ου σβεννυται

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◆ Teachings on Humility/Temptation/Reconciliation

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
  • Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • Mark 9:43–45If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 9:47 in some Bibles
  • 9:48 in most Bibles

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