Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

So hell has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pride, and he who rejoices in her, shall go down into it.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;
And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

King James Version

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Holman Bible

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
and opens wide its enormous jaws,
and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,
her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

International Standard Version

Therefore Sheol's appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem's nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.

A Conservative Version

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure. And their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend [into it].

American Standard Version

Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it .

Amplified


Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her [boisterous] uproar and her [drunken] revelers descend into it.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.

Darby Translation

Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend into it, and her multitude, and her tumult, and all that is joyful within her.

Julia Smith Translation

For this, hades enlarged her soul, and opened wide her mouth without bound: and her honor shall go down, and her multitude, and her tumult, and he rejoicing, into her.

King James 2000

Therefore sheol has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that exults, shall descend into it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat, and it has opened wide its mouth without limit, and her nobles will go down, and her multitude, her tumult and those who revel in her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that their pride, boasting, and wealth, with such as rejoice therein, may descend into it.

NET Bible

So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion's dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

New Heart English Bible

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore, hath hades enlarged her desire, And opened her mouth to its widest, - And their glory, and their multitude and their pomp. and he that is uproarious shall descend thereinto.

Webster

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

World English Bible

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

Youngs Literal Translation

Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

רחב 
Rachab 
Usage: 25

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

and opened
פּער 
Pa`ar 
Usage: 4

and their glory
הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 30

המן המון 
Hamown 
Usage: 83

and their pomp
שׁאון 
Sha'own 
Usage: 18

and he that rejoiceth
עלז 
`alez 
Usage: 1

ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

13 For this My people go into exile without knowledge, and their honorable men into famine, and his multitude is dried up with thirst. 14 So hell has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pride, and he who rejoices in her, shall go down into it. 15 And man is bowed down, and man is humbled and the eyes of the lofty are humbled.


Cross References

Habakkuk 2:5

And also wine indeed betrays a proud man, and he is not content. He widens his soul like Sheol, and he is like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all nations to himself, and heaps to himself all the peoples.

Numbers 16:30-34

But if Jehovah makes a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them up with all that they have, and they go down alive into the pit, then you shall understand that these men have provoked Jehovah.

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28-29

And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall reign for them; and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; and their form is for rotting; the grave is their home.

Psalm 55:15

Let desolation take hold on them, and let them go down alive into hell; for evils are among them in their dwellings.

Proverbs 1:12

let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those who go down into the pit;

Proverbs 27:20

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Proverbs 30:16

The grave; and the barren womb, the earth not filled with water, and the fire, have not said, Enough.

Isaiah 14:9

Hell from below is moved for you, to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, all the he-goats of the earth. It has raised from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart wanders, terror overwhelms me; He has turned the twilight of my pleasure into trembling.

Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared. He has made it deep and large. He makes great with fire and wood. The breath of Jehovah kindles it, like a torrent of brimstone.

Ezekiel 32:18-30

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and bring it down, her and the daughters of the majestic nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the Pit.

Daniel 5:3-6

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God in Jerusalem. And the king, and his rulers, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

Daniel 5:30

In that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed.

Nahum 1:10

For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like stubble fully dry.

Matthew 7:13

Go in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it.

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry.

Luke 16:20-23

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores

Luke 17:27

They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Luke 21:34

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

Acts 12:21-23

And on a certain day, Herod sat on his throne, dressed in royal clothing, and made a speech to them.

Revelation 20:13-15

And the sea gave up the dead in it. And death and hell delivered up the dead in them. And each one of them was judged according to their works.

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