Mark 8:36
For what profiteth it to a man, if he win all the world, and do impairing to his own soul?This verse in the real world
In what words
- ζημιόωzēmióōto injure, i.e. (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment
- κερδαίνωkerdaínōto gain (literally or figuratively)
- ὠφελέωōpheléōto be useful, i.e. to benefit
- ὅλοςhólos"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) a
- κόσμοςkósmosorderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense
- ἐάνeána conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other
- ἄνθρωποςánthrōposfrom G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being
- τίςtísan interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 16:26, Luk 9:25, Psa 49:17, Jas 1:9–11, Php 3:7–9, Luk 12:19–20, Heb 11:24–26, Rom 6:21