Whoever — anyone at all who does something, with no exceptions. 'Whosoever believes shall be saved.' 'Whosoever enters must sign the book.' The meaning is exactly the same as 'whoever'; the difference is entirely one of feeling.

Whoever不論是誰，anyone at all who does something任何做了某件事的人，with no exceptions都沒有例外。'Whosoever believes shall be saved.'「信的人必得救。」'Whosoever enters must sign the book.'「凡進入者必須簽名。」The meaning意思 is exactly the same as 'whoever'跟whoever完全一樣；the difference不同之處 is entirely one of feeling只在語感。

Whosoever is old and grand. It is the language of the King James Bible, of wedding services, of old laws and contracts and wills.

Whosoever這個字 is old and grand古老又莊重。It is the language of它是……的用語：the King James Bible英王欽定版聖經、of wedding services婚禮儀式、of old laws and contracts and wills舊時法律、合約和遺囑。

Adding that '-soever' does one job: it slams the door on exceptions. Not just 'whoever', but 'whoever it may possibly be, no matter who'. That is why lawyers liked it, and why it can sound solemn or thundering.

Adding that '-soever'加上這個 '-soever'，does one job只做一件事：it slams the door on exceptions把例外的門關死。Not just 'whoever'不只是 'whoever'，but而是 'whoever it may possibly be, no matter who''不管到底是誰、都算'。That is why這就是為什麼 lawyers liked it律師喜歡用它，and why也是為什麼 it can sound solemn or thundering它聽起來可以很莊嚴或很有氣勢。

Today you will meet it in three places: old religious and legal texts; fixed phrases like 'to whomsoever it may concern'; and modern writing that is being deliberately grand or gently joking — 'whosoever ate my lunch, please confess'.

Today今天 you will meet it in three places你會在三個地方遇到它：old religious and legal texts舊時的宗教和法律文獻；fixed phrases like固定用語，像是 'to whomsoever it may concern''敬啟者（致有關人士）'；and modern writing而現代文章 that is being deliberately grand or gently joking故意寫得莊重或帶點調皮——'whosoever ate my lunch, please confess''是誰吃了我的午餐，請自首'。

It has brothers built the same way: whatsoever, whensoever, wheresoever, howsoever. Of these, only 'whatsoever' is really alive in normal English, and mostly after a negative: 'no reason whatsoever', 'nothing whatsoever to do with me'.

It has brothers它有幾個兄弟 built the same way用同樣方式造出來：whatsoever, whensoever, wheresoever, howsoever（這幾個字）。Of these這幾個裡面，only 'whatsoever'只有 'whatsoever' is really alive in normal English在日常英文裡還算活著，and mostly after a negative而且大多接在否定句後面：'no reason whatsoever''毫無理由'、'nothing whatsoever to do with me''跟我一點關係都沒有'。

For your own speaking and writing, use 'whoever'. Keep whosoever for reading.

For your own speaking and writing你自己說話寫作時，use 'whoever'用 'whoever' 就好。Keep whosoever把 whosoever 留著 for reading給閱讀用就好。