Mark 8:37
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- KJV
- Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- WEB
- For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- ASV
- For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
- DARBY
- for what should a man give in exchange for his soul?
- BLB
- For what shall a man give [as] an exchange for his soul?
- ÅB
- For hva kan vel et menneske gi til vederlag for sin sjel?
- OTB
- Eller hva kan noen gi i bytte for sin sjel?
- B1930
- For hvad kan vel et menneske gi til vederlag for sin sjel?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 49:7–8
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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