‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
Mark 8:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal kingdom of God]? American Standard Version (1901) For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? Common English Bible Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives? Catholic Public Domain Version For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? |
‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him?
You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Armies?
For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.
For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?
So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.