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Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

KJV

Qui dicebas in corde tuo : In cælum conscendam, super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum ; sedebo in monte testamenti, in lateribus aquilonis ;

Vulgate

σὺ δὲ εἶπας τῇ διανοίᾳ σου Εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναβήσομαι, ἐπάνω τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ θήσω τὸν θρόνον μου, καθιῶ ἐν ὄρει ὑψηλῷ ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλὰ τὰ πρὸς βορρᾶν,

LXX

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

ASV

וְ/אַתָּ֞ה אָמַ֤רְתָּ בִֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם אֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה מִ/מַּ֥עַל לְ/כֽוֹכְבֵי אֵ֖ל אָרִ֣ים כִּסְאִ֑/י וְ/אֵשֵׁ֥ב בְּ/הַר מוֹעֵ֖ד בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֥י צָפֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
ה
h
noun · 153×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יַרְכְּתֵ֥י
yrkty
noun · 30×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
מוֹעֵֽד
mv'd
noun · 221×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Confessions · 2 passages
He describes the twenty-ninth year of his age, in which, having discovered the fallacies of the Manichæans, he professed rhetoric at Rome and Milan. Having heard Ambrose, he begins to come to himself. Chapter 1. That It Becomes the Soul to Praise God, and to Confess Unto Him. 1. Accept the sacrifice of my confessions by the agency of my tongue, which You have formed and quicken…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
  • 2Thess 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
  • Dan 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
  • Dan 7:4 — The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given
  • Dan 8:10 — And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
  • Dan 8:10 — And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
  • Dan 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indi
  • Dan 11:37 — Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
  • Ezek 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
  • Ezek 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a
  • Ezek 28:12 — Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
  • Ezek 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have mad
  • Ezek 40:2 — In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
  • Isa 26:5 — For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
  • Isa 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
  • Jer 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as t
  • Jer 50:29 — Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do
  • Job 20:6 — Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
  • Luke 10:15 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
  • Matt 11:23 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  • Obad 1:3 — The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
  • Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  • Ps 48:2 — Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.