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Isaiah 14:15

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

KJV

Verumtamen ad infernum detraheris, in profundum laci.

Vulgate

νῦν δὲ εἰς ᾅδην καταβήσῃ καὶ εἰς τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

אַ֧ךְ אֶל שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל יַרְכְּתֵי בֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
יַרְכְּתֵ֥י
yrkty
noun · 30×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:22 — And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
  • Ezek 31:16 — I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,
  • Ezek 32:23 — Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
  • Luke 10:15 — And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
  • Luke 16:23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
  • 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.
  • Ps 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
  • Rev 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These