Parallel Verses

John Wesley New Testament

shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.

New American Standard Bible

Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

King James Version

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Holman Bible

Whoever tries to make his life secure will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

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.

American Standard Version

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

Amplified

Whoever seeks to save his life will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] will keep it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ζητέω 
Zeteo 
Usage: 79

to save
σώζω 
Sozo 
Usage: 79

his

Usage: 0

ψυχή 
Psuche 
Usage: 62

ἀπόλλυμι 
Apollumi 
ἀπόλλυμι 
Apollumi 
Usage: 37
Usage: 37

it

Usage: 0

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980


Usage: 0

ζωογονέω 
Zoogoneo 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Luke 17:33

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Coming Of The Son Of Man

32 Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, 33 shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. 34 I tell you, in this night, there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other 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. He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me;

John 12:25

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal.

Matthew 16:25

For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Mark 8:35-37

For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake and the gospels, he shall save it.

Luke 9:24-25

For who|oever will save his life shall gose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it:

Revelation 2:10

Fear none of those 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 affliction ten days: Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

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