Mark 8:36 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal kingdom of God]?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal kingdom of God]?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not!

English God's Word - GW 1995

What good does it do for people to win the whole world yet lose their lives?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses his soul?

English NIV

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

English NKJ 1982

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

English NLT

And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For what use is it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“And how does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process?

English Tyndale 1537

What shall it profit(What helpeth) a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?(yet toke harme in his soule?)

Mark 8:36 — Compare Translations