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Ezekiel 31:17

They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

KJV

Nam et ipsi cum eo descendent in infernum ad interfectos gladio : et brachium uniuscujusque sedebit sub umbraculo ejus in medio nationum.

Vulgate

καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ κατέβησαν μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς ᾅδου ἐν τοῖς τραυματίαις ἀπὸ μαχαίρας, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, οἱ κατοικοῦντες ὑπὸ τὴν σκέπην αὐτοῦ, ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν ἀπώλοντο.

LXX

They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

ASV

גַּם הֵ֗ם אִתּ֛/וֹ יָרְד֥וּ שְׁא֖וֹלָ/ה אֶל חַלְלֵי חָ֑רֶב וּ/זְרֹע֛/וֹ יָשְׁב֥וּ בְ/צִלּ֖/וֹ בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ גּוֹיִֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
זְר֣וֹעַ
zrv'
noun · 91×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
צֵ֥ל
tsl
noun · 49×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
  • Ezek 31:6 — All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
  • Ps 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.