Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”

New American Standard Bible

‘Your pomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’

King James Version

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

International Standard Version

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."

A Conservative Version

Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols. The worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

American Standard Version

Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

Amplified


‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,
Along with the music of your harps;
The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]
And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’

Bible in Basic English

Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.

Darby Translation

thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, And worms cover thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Thy grandeur was brought down to hades, the sound of thy harps: the worm was spread under thee, and worms covering thee.

King James 2000

Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of your harps: the maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

Modern King James verseion

Your pride is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your harps. The maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering.

NET Bible

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

New Heart English Bible

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

The Emphasized Bible

Brought down to Hades, thy pride. The hum of thy harps, Beneath thee, is spread out corruption, And, thy coverlet - worms!

Webster

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

World English Bible

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּאון 
Ga'own 
Usage: 49

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

to the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

and the noise
המיה 
hemyah 
Usage: 1

of thy viols
נבל נבל 
Nebel 
Usage: 38

the worm
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

is spread
יצע 
Yatsa` 
Usage: 4

under thee, and the worms
תּלעת תּולעת תּולעה תּולע 
Towla` 
Usage: 43

מכסּה 
M@kacceh 
Usage: 4

References

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

10 They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!
11 Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”
12 Shining morning star,
how you have fallen from the heavens!
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.


Cross References

Job 17:13-14

If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 21:11-15

They let their little ones run around like lambs;
their children skip about,

Job 24:19-20

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Isaiah 21:4-5

My heart staggers;
horror terrifies me.
He has turned my last glimmer of hope
into sheer terror.

Isaiah 22:2

The noisy city, the jubilant town,
is filled with revelry.
Your dead did not die by the sword;
they were not killed in battle.

Isaiah 66:24

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Ezekiel 26:13

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

Ezekiel 32:19-20

Who do you surpass in loveliness?
Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!

Daniel 5:1-4

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

Daniel 5:25-30

“This is the writing that was inscribed:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

Amos 6:3-7

You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

Mark 9:43-48

And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell—the unquenchable fire,

Revelation 18:11-19

The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer—

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