Parallel Verses

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.

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].’

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.

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.

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 that they may all - one after another - sing and speak unto thee. Art thou wounded also as we? Art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, thou fair morning child! How hast thou gotten a fall, even to the ground; thou that didst subdue the people?

Cross References

Job 17:13-14

Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.

Job 21:11-15

They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance.

Job 24:19-20

O that they, for the wickedness which they have done, were drawn to the hell, sooner than snow melteth at the heat.

Isaiah 21:4-5

My heart panted, I trembled for fear. The night of my voluptuousness hath he turned against me into fear.

Isaiah 22:2

O thou city of miracles, seditious and willful? Thy slain men are neither killed with sword, nor dead in battle.

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go forth and look upon the carrions of them that have transgressed against me. For their worms shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and all flesh shall abhor them.

Ezekiel 26:13

Thus will I bring the melody of thy songs, and the voice of thy minstrelsy to an end, so that they shall no more be heard.

Ezekiel 32:19-20

Down, how fair soever thou be, and lay thee with the uncircumcised!

Daniel 5:1-4

King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,

Daniel 5:25-30

And this is the scripture that is written up, 'Mene, Tekel, Phares.'

Amos 6:3-7

Ye are taken out for the evil day, even ye that sit in the stole of willfulness;

Mark 9:43-48

Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,

Revelation 18:11-19

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy their ware any more,

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