Ezekiel 28:8
What does Ezekiel 28:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 28:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall kill thee, and bring thee down: and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain in the heart of the sea.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.
Context
v.7therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
v.8This passage
v.9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 27:34
In the time that thou wast broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company did fall in the midst of thee.
- Psalms 28:1
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Job 17:16
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
- Ezekiel 32:18
Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
- Isaiah 38:17
Behold, it wasformypeacethatI had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
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