Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction],
And you will die the death of all those who die
In the heart of the seas.
New American Standard Bible
And you will die the
In the heart of the seas.
King James Version
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Holman Bible
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
International Standard Version
They'll send you down to the Pit, and you'll die defiled in the depths of the sea.
A Conservative Version
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
They 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.
Darby Translation
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou didst die the deaths of the wounded in the heart of the seas.
King James 2000
They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will thrust you down to the pit, and you will die {a violent death} in [the] heart of [the] seas.
Modern King James verseion
They shall bring you down to the Pit, and you shall die the deaths of those slain in the heart of the seas.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall cast thee down to the pit, so that thou shalt die in the midst of the sea,
NET Bible
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.
New Heart English Bible
They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
The Emphasized Bible
To the pit, shall they take thee down,- And thou shalt die the deaths of one thrust through, In the heart of the sec.
Webster
They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
World English Bible
They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
Youngs Literal Translation
To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
Themes
Humiliation of sinners » Threatened
Pride/arrogance » The reward for pride
The Providence of God » Danger of denying
national Sins » Punishment for
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Its second destruction by the macedonians
Topics
Interlinear
Yarad
Muwth
Leb
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 28:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prophecy Aimed At The King Of Tyre
7
Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you,
The most ruthless and violent of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre]
And defile your splendor.
‘They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction],
And you will die the death of all those who die
In the heart of the seas.
‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of him who kills you?
But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God,
In the hands of those who wound and profane you.
Cross References
Ezekiel 27:26-27
“Your rowers have brought you
Into great and deep waters;
The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you
In the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 27:34
‘Now you are shattered by the seas
In the depths of the waters;
Your merchandise and all your crew
Have gone down with you.
Job 17:16
“Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)?
Shall we go down together in the dust?”
Job 33:18
He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Job 33:28
‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],
And my life shall see the light.’”
Psalm 28:1
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Psalm 30:9
“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
Psalm 55:15
Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.
Psalm 88:4-5
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder)
Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.
Isaiah 38:17
“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Ezekiel 32:18-30
“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;