Mark 9:48
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
KJV
ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτᾷ καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται·
Greek NT
Omnis enim igne salietur, et omnis victima sale salietur.
Vulgate
where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
ASV
For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be salted with salt.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
σβέννυμι
sbennumi
verb · 6×
σκώληξ
skolex
noun · 1×
τελευτάω
teleutao
verb · 11×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Isa 66:24 · echo"And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."Isaiah: their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched — Gehenna
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1034Jesus often speaks of "Gehenna" of "the unquenchable fire" reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe and be converted, where both soul and body can be lost.612 Jesus solemnly proclaims that he "will send his angels, and they will gather . . . all evil doers, and throw them into the furnace of fire,"613 and that he will pronounce the condemnation: "Depar…
It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity. There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery. When you look forward, you shall see a long forever, a boundless duration before you, which will swallow up your thoughts and amaze your soul. You will absolutely despair of ever having any deliveran…
Cross-references
- Isa 66:24 — And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unt
- Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Matt 25:46 — And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.