Luke 9:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?

New Living Translation
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?

English Standard Version
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Berean Study Bible
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

New American Standard Bible
For what good does it do a person if he gains the whole world, but loses or forfeits himself?

NASB 1995
"For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

NASB 1977
“For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

Amplified Bible
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], and loses or forfeits himself?

Christian Standard Bible
For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

Contemporary English Version
What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life?

Good News Translation
Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What good does it do for people to win the whole world but lose their lives by destroying them?

International Standard Version
What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?

NET Bible
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

New King James Version
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?

King James 2000 Bible
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?

New Heart English Bible
For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

World English Bible
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

American King James Version
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

American Standard Version
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

A Faithful Version
For what is a man profited by gaining the whole world, if he himself is lost or destroyed?

Darby Bible Translation
For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?

English Revised Version
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

Webster's Bible Translation
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For what auauntageth it a man yf he wynne the whole worlde, and lose hym selfe, or runne in daunger of hym selfe?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For what auauntage hath a man, though he wanne the whole worlde, and loseth himself, or runneth in dammage of himself?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For what avauntageth it a man to wynne the whole worlde yf he loose him sylfe or runne in domage of him sylfe?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

Berean Literal Bible
For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having destroyed or having suffered the loss of himself?

Young's Literal Translation
for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

Smith's Literal Translation
For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged?

Literal Emphasis Translation
For what is a man benefitted having gained the whole world, and having destroyed or having suffered the loss of himself?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away himself?

Catholic Public Domain Version
For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For how would a man benefit to gain the whole world but destroy his soul or lose it?”

Lamsa Bible
For how can a man be benefited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul, or even weakens it?

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?

Godbey New Testament
For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself?

Haweis New Testament
For what advantage hath a man in gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with the loss of life?

Mace New Testament
what advantage is it for a man to have gain'd the whole world, if he himself runs into utter loss and ruin?

Weymouth New Testament
Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

Worrell New Testament
For what is a man profited, in having gained the whole world, but having lost or forfeited himself?

Worsley New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be destroyed?
















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