Mark 9:46

Mark 9:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
• New King James Version (NKJV)where ‘Their worm does not die, And the fire is not quenched.’

Context of Mark 9:46

44[footnote: Verses omitted; some mss. read: where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off! It’s better for you to enter life lame than, having your two feet, to be thrown into Gehenna. [footnote: Verses omitted; some mss. read: where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.] 47If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into Gehenna, 48where ‘their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

Mark 9:46 word by word

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wormὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wormσκώληξskōlēx · wormG4663
• diethτελευτάωteleutaō · to deceaseG5053
• notοὐou · noG3756
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
• isσβέννυμιsbennumi · to extinguishG4570

Cross-references for Mark 9:46

• Luke 16:24So he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! And send Lazarus so he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, because I am suffering torment in this flame.’

Commentaries on Mark 9:46

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 42-50Verses 42-50 See the notes at Matthew 18:7-9. Millstone. See Matthew 18:6. Mark 9:44-46 Their worm - This figure is taken from Isaiah 66:24. See the notes at that passage. In describing the great prosperity. of the kingdom of the Messiah, Isaiah says that the people of God “shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against God.” Their enemies would be overcome. They would be slain. The people of God would triumph. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-50Verses 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 sacrifices, we must be salted…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43-48Some Bible versions include verses 44 and 46 here, but these two verses are absent from most of the earliest and best manuscripts. These two verses were almost certainly copied from 9:48 and were not in the original text of Mark.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:46

• Commandments
• Hell
• Jesus, the Christ
• Worm

In the dictionaries

• Eternal death
• Foam
• Rising
• Teach
• Unbelief
• Worm
• Abstinence
• Criticism of the Bible
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Fire

Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings