Mark 9:48
47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
49 For everyone will be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’
- 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.
- DARBY
- where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
- BLB
- where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
- ÅB
- hvor deres orm ikke dør, og ilden ikke slukkes.
- OTB
- hvor
deres orm ikke dør,
og ilden aldri slukkes. - B1930
- hvor deres orm ikke dør, og ilden ikke slukkes.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.”
Read in contextMatthew 25:41
Then 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.
Read in contextMark 9:43–45
If 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.
Read in context