Mark 9:43

* The two F.O.G. Bibles & Commentary below are currently a work in progress.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
World English Bible (WEB)
And{G2532} if{G1437} thy{G4675} hand{G5495} offend{G4624}{(G5725)} thee{G4571}, cut{G609} it{G846} off{G609}{(G5657)}: it is{G2076}{(G5748)} better{G2570} for thee{G4671} to enter{G1525}{(G5629)} into{G1519} life{G2222} maimed{G2948}, than{G2228} having{G2192}{(G5723)} two{G1417} hands{G5495} to go{G565}{(G5629)} into{G1519} hell{G1067}, into{G1519} the fire{G4442} that never shall be quenched{G762}:
Strong's King James
(43) If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it away, it's better you enter into the zoe-life maimed than having two hands going away into Gei-Hinnom (hell), into the unquenchable fire.
The F.O.G*
[43] If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! Better to enter eternal life maimed than go into hell with both hands, where the fire never stops burning.
The F.O.G Paraphrase
‘And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable—
Young's Literal Translation

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