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OET (OET-LV) For/Because what is_being_benefited a_person, having_gained the whole world, and having_destroyed himself or having_been_lost?
OET (OET-RV) How would it benefit a person if they gained the wealth of the whole world, but then ended up lost or destroyed?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀπολέσας ἢ ζημιωθείς?
what for /is_being/_benefited /a/_person /having/_gained the world whole himself and /having/_destroyed or /having_been/_lost
Jesus does not expect his disciples to tell him what benefit this would be. Rather, he is using the question form as a teaching tool. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement. Alternate translation: “It would not benefit a person to get everything he wanted in this world and yet be lost eternally.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀπολέσας ἢ ζημιωθείς
what for /is_being/_benefited /a/_person /having/_gained the world whole himself and /having/_destroyed or /having_been/_lost
The terms losing and forfeiting mean the same thing. Jesus uses them together for emphasis. Alternate translation: “For what does a person benefit to get everything he wanted in this world but to completely destroy himself”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἄνθρωπος
/a/_person
Jesus is using the term man in a generic sense that includes all people. Alternate translation: “a person”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος, κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀπολέσας ἢ ζημιωθείς
what for /is_being/_benefited /a/_person /having/_gained the world whole himself and /having/_destroyed or /having_been/_lost
Jesus says the whole world as an overstatement for emphasis. Alternate translation: “For what does a person benefit to get everything he wanted in this world but to lose or forfeit himself”
9:18-27 Peter’s confession that Jesus was the Messiah marked a turning point, as Jesus moved from demonstrating his messianic authority through miracles to explaining the unexpected suffering of the Messiah. Jesus accepted the confession but clarified that his being the Messiah would involve suffering and death. He called his disciples to follow him regardless of the cost.
OET (OET-LV) For/Because what is_being_benefited a_person, having_gained the whole world, and having_destroyed himself or having_been_lost?
OET (OET-RV) How would it benefit a person if they gained the wealth of the whole world, but then ended up lost or destroyed?
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.