Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted to the sky, will be thrust down to Hades.

New American Standard Bible

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

King James Version

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

Holman Bible

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades!

International Standard Version

And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hell!

American Standard Version

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

Amplified

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades (the realm of the dead).

An Understandable Version

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up [as high] as heaven? [Certainly not], you will be brought down to the unseen place of departed spirits [i.e., you will become obscure or obliterated as a city].

Anderson New Testament

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hades.

Bible in Basic English

And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.

Common New Testament

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades!

Daniel Mace New Testament

and thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to the sky, shall be plung'd into an abyss.

Darby Translation

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

Godbey New Testament

And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shalt be cast down to Hades.

Goodspeed New Testament

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead!

John Wesley New Testament

And thou, Capernaum, which hast been exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.

Julia Smith Translation

And thou, Capernaurn, indeed even lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hades.

King James 2000

And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hades.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No! You will be brought down to Hades!

Modern King James verseion

And you, Capernaum, which has been lifted up to Heaven, you shall be thrust down into hell.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou Capernaum which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell;

Moffatt New Testament

And you, O Capharnahum! Exalted to heaven? No, you will sink to Hades!

Montgomery New Testament

"And you Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? No! you shall be brought down to Hades!

NET Bible

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!

New Heart English Bible

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to hell.

Noyes New Testament

And thou, Capernaum! shalt thou be exalted to heaven? thou shalt be brought down to the underworld.

Sawyer New Testament

And you, Capernaum, even to heaven will you be exalted? even to hades shall you be cast down.

The Emphasized Bible

And, thou, Capernaum, - Unto heaven, shalt thou be uplifted? -- Unto hades, thou shalt be brought down!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And thou Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And you, Capernaum! Will you 'exalt yourself to heaven'? 'You shall go down to the Place of Death.'

Webster

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.

Weymouth New Testament

And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades.

Williams New Testament

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven? No, you are to go down to the regions of the dead.

World English Bible

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

Worrell New Testament

And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall be thrust down to Hades!

Worsley New Testament

And thou Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

Καπερναούμ 
Kapernaoum 
Usage: 13

ὑψόω 
Hupsoo 
exalt, lift up
Usage: 8

to
ἕως 
heos 
ἕως 
heos 
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
Usage: 74
Usage: 74

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156

καταβιβάζω 
Katabibazo 
Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

The Seventy-Two Appointed And Sent Out

14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted to the sky, will be thrust down to Hades. 16 He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.

Cross References

Isaiah 14:13-15

And thou said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the outermost parts of the north.

Matthew 4:13

And having left Nazareth behind, after coming, he dwelt in Capernaum by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Matthew 10:28

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 11:23

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Come, let us build a city for us, and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for us, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven, and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

Isaiah 5:14

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].

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me destroyers shall come to her, says LORD.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring thee down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, th

Ezekiel 28:12-14

Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says lord LORD: Thou seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 31:18

To whom are thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet thou shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth. Thou shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who

Ezekiel 32:18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the nether parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

Ezekiel 32:20

They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away and all her multitudes.

Ezekiel 32:27

And they shall not lay with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads. But their iniquities are upon their bones, for [they w

Amos 9:2-3

Though they dig into Sheol, from there my hand shall take them, and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Obadiah 1:4

Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says LORD.

Luke 7:1-2

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

Luke 13:28

There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out.

Luke 16:23

And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom.

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