Mark 9:43,48 - Compare All Versions
Mark 9:43 NIV (New International Version)
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
Mark 9:48 NIV (New International Version)
where “ ‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:43 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:48 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:43 NLT (New Living Translation)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.
Mark 9:48 NLT (New Living Translation)
‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’
Mark 9:43 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
“And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:48 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:43 KJV (King James Version)
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched
Mark 9:48 KJV (King James Version)
where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:43 NKJV (New King James Version)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched
Mark 9:48 NKJV (New King James Version)
where ‘Their worm does not die And the fire is not quenched.’
Mark 9:43-48 MSG (The Message)
“If your hand or your foot gets in God’s way, chop it off and throw it away. You’re better off maimed or lame and alive than the proud owner of two hands and two feet, godless in a furnace of eternal fire. And if your eye distracts you from God, pull it out and throw it away. You’re better off one-eyed and alive than exercising your twenty-twenty vision from inside the fire of hell.
Mark 9:43-48 MSG (The Message)
“If your hand or your foot gets in God’s way, chop it off and throw it away. You’re better off maimed or lame and alive than the proud owner of two hands and two feet, godless in a furnace of eternal fire. And if your eye distracts you from God, pull it out and throw it away. You’re better off one-eyed and alive than exercising your twenty-twenty vision from inside the fire of hell.
Mark 9:43 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:48 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT EXTINGUISHED.
Mark 9:43 AMP (Amplified Bible)
If your hand causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It is better for you to enter life crippled, than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire
Mark 9:48 AMP (Amplified Bible)
where THEIR WORM [that feeds on the dead] DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT PUT OUT. [Is 66:24]
Mark 9:43 NET (New English Translation)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:48 NET (New English Translation)
where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.