Mark 9:46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark 9:46 in other translations
| WEB | ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ |
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| YLT | where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. |
| DARBY | where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. |
| Webster | Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. |
What does Mark 9:46 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 9:41-50
It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compare better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-denial here, and to be happy for ever hereafter, than to enjoy all kinds of worldly pleasure for a season, and to be miserable for ever. Like the…
Mark 9:46 in the original Greek
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Context
- Mark 9:45
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Mark 9:46
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- Mark 9:47
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
Mark 9:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Donde el gusano de ellos no muere, y el fuego nunca se apaga. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | là où leur ver ne meurt pas et où le feu ne s’éteint pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wo ihr Wurm nicht stirbt und das Feuer nicht erlischt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quod si oculus tuus scandalizat te, ejice eum: bonum est tibi luscum introire in regnum Dei, quam duos oculos habentem mitti in gehennam ignis, |