Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.

New American Standard Bible

‘Your pomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’

King James Version

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Holman Bible

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”

International Standard Version

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."

A Conservative Version

Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols. The worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

American Standard Version

Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

Amplified


‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,
Along with the music of your harps;
The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]
And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’

Darby Translation

thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, And worms cover thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Thy grandeur was brought down to hades, the sound of thy harps: the worm was spread under thee, and worms covering thee.

King James 2000

Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of your harps: the maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

Modern King James verseion

Your pride is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your harps. The maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering.

NET Bible

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

New Heart English Bible

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

The Emphasized Bible

Brought down to Hades, thy pride. The hum of thy harps, Beneath thee, is spread out corruption, And, thy coverlet - worms!

Webster

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

World English Bible

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּאון 
Ga'own 
Usage: 49

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

to the grave
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

and the noise
המיה 
hemyah 
Usage: 1

of thy viols
נבל נבל 
Nebel 
Usage: 38

the worm
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

is spread
יצע 
Yatsa` 
Usage: 4

under thee, and the worms
תּלעת תּולעת תּולעה תּולע 
Towla` 
Usage: 43

מכסּה 
M@kacceh 
Usage: 4

References

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

10 They all make answer and say to you, Have you become feeble like us? have you been made even as we are? 11 Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them. 12 How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!

Cross References

Job 17:13-14

If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

Job 21:11-15

They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

Job 24:19-20

Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

Isaiah 21:4-5

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Isaiah 22:2

You, who are full of loud voices, a town of outcries, given up to joy; your dead men have not been put to the sword, or come to their death in war.

Isaiah 66:24

And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.

Ezekiel 26:13

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.

Ezekiel 32:19-20

Are you more beautiful than any? go down, and take your rest among those without circumcision,

Daniel 5:1-4

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.

Daniel 5:25-30

And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.

Amos 6:3-7

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

Mark 9:43-48

And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

Revelation 18:11-19

And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,

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