Their Worm does not die.

I have recited Mark 9:48 serveral times and I just understood its meaning tonight and I have to say I am even happier that I am not going to hell. I looked it up in several versions to make sure that what I was seeing was what I was thinking.

Mark 9:47-48 (New International Version)
47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48where
" 'their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.'[a]

Mark 9:47-48 (New American Standard Bible)

47"(A)If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into (B)hell,

48(C)where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND (D)THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.

Mark 9:47-48 (Amplified Bible)
47And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell (Gehenna),

48Where their worm [[a]which preys on the inhabitants and is a symbol of the wounds inflicted on the man himself by his sins] does not die, and the fire is not put out.(A)


Mark 9:47-48 (New Century Version)
47 If your eye causes you to sin, take it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.48 In hell the worm does not die; the fire is never put out.

Mark 9:47-48 (English Standard Version)
47(A) And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into(B) hell, 48'where(C) their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'


Cross references:
Mark 9:47 : Matt 5:29; 18:9
Mark 9:47 : Matt 5:22, 29
Mark 9:48 : Isa 66:24

Wow that just gives me a bad feeling inside. That worm thing is yuk.