Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?

New American Standard Bible

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

King James Version

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Holman Bible

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his life?

International Standard Version

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?

A Conservative Version

For what will it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

American Standard Version

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Amplified

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul?

An Understandable Version

For what would it benefit a person to gain the whole world [i.e., of material things] and give up his life [i.e., of spiritual blessings]?

Anderson New Testament

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

Bible in Basic English

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

Common New Testament

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Daniel Mace New Testament

what advantage is it for a man to gain the whole world with the loss of his life?

Darby Translation

For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

Godbey New Testament

For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Goodspeed New Testament

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

John Wesley New Testament

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Julia Smith Translation

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul

King James 2000

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

Lexham Expanded Bible

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Modern King James verseion

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

Moffatt New Testament

What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul?

Montgomery New Testament

For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?

NET Bible

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

New Heart English Bible

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Noyes New Testament

For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Sawyer New Testament

For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his life?

The Emphasized Bible

For, what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and be made to forfeit his life?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul?

Twentieth Century New Testament

What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Webster

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul:

Weymouth New Testament

Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

Williams New Testament

For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and fail to gain the higher life?

World English Bible

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Worrell New Testament

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul?

Worsley New Testament

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Youngs Literal Translation

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

ὠφελέω 
Opheleo 
Usage: 8

a man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

he shall gain
κερδαίνω 
Kerdaino 
gain, win, get gain, vr gain
Usage: 9

the
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

ὅλος 
Holos 
Usage: 83

κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

and

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

ζημιόω 
Zemioo 
Usage: 3


Usage: 0

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus

35 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. 36 What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul? 37 Or else, what shall a man give, to redeem his soul again?


Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.

Job 22:2

"May a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Psalm 49:17

for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.

Psalm 73:18-20

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?

Matthew 4:8-10

The devil took him up again and led him into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and all the glory of them;

Matthew 16:26

What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?

Luke 9:25

For what shall it advantage a man, to win the whole world, if he lose himself: or run in damage of himself?

Luke 12:19-20

and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'

Luke 16:19-23

"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

Romans 6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed. For the end of those things is death.

Philippians 3:7-9

But the things that were vantage unto me I counted loss for Christ's sake.

Hebrews 11:24-26

By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

James 1:9-11

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

Revelation 18:7-8

And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, for she said in her heart, 'I sit, being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow.'

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