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Isaiah 14:15

What does Isaiah 14:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 14:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Only--unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.

Context

v.14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

v.15This passage

v.16They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 28:8

    They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

  • Isaiah 14:3

    And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,

  • Revelation 19:20

    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:

  • Luke 10:15

    And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

  • Ezekiel 32:23

    whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

  • Matthew 11:23

    And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.

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