Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore You have
And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.
King James Version
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Holman Bible
departed spirits do not rise up.
Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them;
You have wiped out all memory of them.
International Standard Version
The dead won't live, and the departed spirits won't rise to that end, you punished and destroyed them, then locked away all memory of them.
A Conservative Version
[Being] dead, they shall not live. [Being] deceased, they shall not rise. Therefore thou have visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
American Standard Version
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
Amplified
The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].
Bible in Basic English
The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.
Darby Translation
They are dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: for thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
Julia Smith Translation
The dead shall not live; shades shall not rise; for this, thou reviewedst and thou wilt destroy them, and all remembrance to them shall perish.
King James 2000
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] dead do not live; dead spirits do not rise because you have punished and destroyed them, and you have destroyed all memory of them.
Modern King James verseion
Dead ones do not live; departed spirits do not rise. Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The malicious tyrants when they die, are neither in life nor in the resurrection, for thou visitest them and rootest them out, and destroyest all the memorial of them.
New Heart English Bible
The dead shall not live, and the departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
The Emphasized Bible
The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise, - Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.
Webster
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
World English Bible
The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Youngs Literal Translation
Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 26:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's People Vindicated
13 O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone. 14 The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them. 15 You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 8:19
They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"
Exodus 14:30
So the Lord saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.
Deuteronomy 4:28
There you will worship gods made by human hands -- wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
Psalm 9:6
The enemy's cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.
Psalm 106:28
They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 10:3
What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Isaiah 14:19-22
But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
Isaiah 51:12-13
"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
Habakkuk 2:18-20
What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
Matthew 2:20
saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."
Revelation 18:2-3
He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.
Revelation 19:19-21
Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.
Revelation 20:5
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.