Mark 9:48

48 where “ ‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.’^[a]

Mark 9:48 in Other Translations

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

48 'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'

48 ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’

48 You're better off one-eyed and alive than exercising your twenty-twenty vision from inside the fire of hell.

48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

48 In hell worms that eat the body never die, and the fire is never put out.

48 where Their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

48 In hell, " 'The worms do not die. The fire is not put out.' (Isaiah 66:24)

Mark 9:48 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:48

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
] This is repeated again, not only to assure the truth of the thing, but to raise the attention of the mind unto it, and fix an awful impression upon it: the Persic version renders it, "from whence thou shall never find redemption": there is no redemption from hell, as Origen and others have thought.

Mark 9:48 In-Context

47 And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

48 where “ ‘the worms that eat them do not die,and the fire is not quenched.’

49 Everyone will be salted with fire.

50 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 66:24; S Matthew 25:41

Footnotes

• [a]. Isaiah 66:24