Isaiah 14 · Verse 18

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Isaiah 14:18, King James Version

Isaiah 14:18 in other translations

BSBAll the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
WEBAll the kings of the nations sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
ASVAll the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
YLTAll kings of nations--all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house,
DARBY— All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house;
BBEAll the kings of the earth are at rest in glory, every man in his house,
WebsterAll the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

What does Isaiah 14:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. All--that is, This is the usual practice. in glory--in a grand mausoleum. house--that is, "sepulchre," as in Ec 12:5; "grave" (Is 14:19). To be excluded from the family sepulcher was a mark of infamy (Is 34:3; Jr 22:19; 1Ki 13:22; 2Ch 21:20; 24:25; 28:27).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 14:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מַלְכֵ֥יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428
גוֹיִ֖םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471
כֻּלָּ֑םku.Lamall of themH3605
שָׁכְב֥וּsha.khe.Vuthey have lain downH7901
בְכָב֖וֹדve.kha.Vodin splendorH3519
אִ֥ישׁ'isheach oneH376
בְּבֵיתֽוֹ\׃be.vei.Toin own house hisH1004

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

Cross references for Isaiah 14:18

  • 2 Chronicles 24:16

    And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

  • Ezekiel 32:18-32

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. …

  • 2 Chronicles 24:25

    And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • Job 30:23

    For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

  • Isaiah 22:16

    What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

  • Ecclesiastes 6:3

    If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

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all of.
22:16; 2Ch 24:16,25; Ec 6:3; Eze 32:18-32
house.
Job 30:23; Ec 12:5

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Context

  • Isaiah 14:17

    That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

  • Isaiah 14:18

    All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

  • Isaiah 14:19

    But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

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Isaiah 14:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todos los reyes de las gentes, todos ellos yacen con honra cada uno en su casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Tous les rois des nations, eux tous, reposent dans leur gloire, chacun dans sa maison;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alle Könige der Nationen insgesamt liegen mit Ehren, ein jeder in seinem Hause;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnes reges gentium universi dormierunt in gloria, vir in domo sua;