Parallel Verses

Amplified


‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

New American Standard Bible

‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”

International Standard Version

I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'

A Conservative Version

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.

American Standard Version

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

Bible in Basic English

I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Darby Translation

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:

Julia Smith Translation

I will go up upon the heights of the cloud: I will become like the Most High.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will ascend to [the] high places of [the] clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

Modern King James verseion

I will go up above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will climb up above the clouds; and will be like the highest of all."

NET Bible

I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!"

New Heart English Bible

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High."

The Emphasized Bible

I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High!

Webster

I will ascend above the hights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

World English Bible

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!"

Youngs Literal Translation

I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will ascend
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

of the clouds
עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

I will be like
דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 30

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon

13
“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the remote parts of the north.
14 
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15
“But [in fact] you will be brought down to Sheol,
To the remote recesses of the pit (the region of the dead).

Cross References

Isaiah 47:8


“Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life,
You who dwell safely and securely,
Who say in your heart (mind),
‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me.
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor know the loss of children.’

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God.

Genesis 3:5

For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.”

Isaiah 37:23-24


“Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

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