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Mark 8:36

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8:36For what benefit is it for a person57 to gain the whole world, yet58 forfeit his life?

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Footnotes

  1. 57 Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.
  2. 58 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life?

NLTNew Living Translation

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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