Isaiah 14 · Verse 15

Isaiah 14:15

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isaiah 14:15, King James Version

Isaiah 14:15 in other translations

BSBBut you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
WEBYet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.
ASVYet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.
YLTOnly--unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.
DARBYnone the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
BBEBut you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.
WebsterYet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

What does Isaiah 14:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. to hell--to Sheol (Is 14:6), thou who hast said, "I will ascend into heaven" (Mt 11:23). sides of the pit--antithetical to the "sides of the north" (Is 14:13). Thus the reference is to the sides of the sepulcher round which the dead were arranged in niches. But Maurer here, as in Is 14:13, translates, "the extreme," or innermost parts of the sepulchre: as in Eze 32:23 (compare 1Sa 24:3).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 14:1-23

The destruction of Babylon, and the death of its proud monarch. (Is. 14:1-23) Assurance of the destruction of Assyria. (Is. 14:24-27) The destruction of the Philistines. (Is. 14:28-32) Verses 1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receives. God's people, wherever…

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Isaiah 14:15 in the original Hebrew

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אַ֧ךְ'akhneverthelessH389
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
תּוּרָ֖דtu.Radyou have been brought downH3381
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יַרְכְּתֵי\־yar.ke.tei-[the] remotest parts ofH3411
בֽוֹר\׃Vor[the] pitH953

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 14:15

  • Matthew 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.

  • Acts 12:22-23

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Ezekiel 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.

  • Revelation 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 both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

  • Luke 10:15

    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

  • Ezekiel 28:8-9

    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. Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • Isaiah 14:3-11

    And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
3-11; Eze 28:8,9; Mt 11:23; Ac 12:22,23; Re 19:20
to the.
Eze 32:23

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Context

  • Isaiah 14:14

    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

  • Isaiah 14:15

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

  • Isaiah 14:16

    They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

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Isaiah 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas tú derribado eres en el sepulcro, á los lados de la huesa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Toutefois, on t’a fait descendre dans le shéol, au fond de la fosse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Doch in den Scheol wirst du hinabgestürzt, in die tiefste Grube.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Verumtamen ad infernum detraheris, in profundum laci.