11 translations · Greek
Matthew 10:28
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Matthew 10:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- KJV King James Version
- And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And do not be afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't be afraid of those who can kill you physically, but can't kill you spiritually. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy you physically and spiritually in Gehenna.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| φοβεῖσθε | phobeisthe | Do not be afraid | G5399 φοβέω to fear |
| ἀπὸ | apo | of | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τῶν | tōn | those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀποκτεννόντων | apoktennontōn | kill | G615 ἀποκτείνω to kill |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σῶμα | sōma | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| ψυχὴν | psychēn | soul | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| δυναμένων | dynamenōn | cannot | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| ἀποκτεῖναι | apokteinai | kill | G615 ἀποκτείνω to kill |
| φοβεῖσθε | phobeisthe | fear | G5399 φοβέω to fear |
| δὲ | de | — | G1161 δέ then |
| μᾶλλον | mallon | Instead | G3123 μᾶλλον more |
| τὸν | ton | the [One who] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δυνάμενον | dynamenon | can | G1410 δύναμαι be able |
| καὶ | kai | both | G2532 καί and |
| ψυχὴν | psychēn | soul | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| σῶμα | sōma | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| ἀπολέσαι | apolesai | destroy | G622 ἀπολλύω to destroy |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| γεέννῃ | geennē | hell | G1067 γέεννα hell: Gehenna |
Related verses
- Luke 12:4–5
“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Isaiah 8:12–13
“Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized. Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
- Revelation 2:10
Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- James 4:12
Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
- Ecclesiastes 8:12–13
Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him. But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.
- Romans 8:35–39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. …
- Isaiah 51:12
“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
- Jeremiah 5:22
Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
- Hebrews 12:28–29
Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
- Revelation 20:10–15
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever. I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
26 Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
28 Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,
30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Read all of Matthew 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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