Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
A Conservative Version
Whoever will seek to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose it will keep it alive.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Whatever person tries to gain [everything to satisfy him in] life [here on earth] will lose it [i.e., never ending life]. But whatever person [is willing to] lose [the comforts and security of] his life [here on earth] will preserve it [for eternity].
Anderson New Testament
Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.
Bible in Basic English
If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.
Common New Testament
Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he that seeks to save his life, will expose it; and he that exposes his life, will preserve it.
Darby Translation
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.
Godbey New Testament
Whosoever may seek to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it shall find it.
Goodspeed New Testament
Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
John Wesley New Testament
shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.
Julia Smith Translation
Whoever should seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose it, shall preserve it alive.
King James 2000
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses [it] will keep it.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whosoever will go about to save his life, shall lose it: And whosoever shall lose his life, shall save it.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.
Montgomery New Testament
"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.
NET Bible
Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
Noyes New Testament
Whoever shall seek to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose it will preserve it.
Sawyer New Testament
Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose shall save it.
The Emphasized Bible
But, whosoever shall lose it, shall give it a living birth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Whoever is eager to get the most out of his life will lose it; but whoever will lose it shall preserve it.
Webster
Whoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.
Weymouth New Testament
Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Williams New Testament
Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it.
World English Bible
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
Worrell New Testament
Whosoever shall seek to gain his soul shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose it, will preserve it.
Worsley New Testament
and whosoever will venture his life, shall preserve it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the days will be like when the lord comes
Jerusalem » Destruction of, foretold by jesus
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches the pharisees concerning the coming of his kingdom (in peraea)
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
Apollumi
ἀπόλλυμι
Apollumi
Usage: 37
Hos
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 17:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Coming Of The Son Of Man
32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it. 34 I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Cross References
Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
John 12:25
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Matthew 16:25
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:35-37
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
Luke 9:24-25
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Revelation 2:10
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.