Parallel Verses

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!

A Conservative Version

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

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 you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! 16 The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”



Cross References

Isaiah 14:13-15

“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.

Matthew 4:13

and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Matthew 10:28

Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 11:23

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

Genesis 11:4

They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’

Isaiah 5:14

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.

Jeremiah 51:53

“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,
And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,
From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 28:12-14

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“You had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 31:18

“To which among the trees of Eden are you thus equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

Ezekiel 32:20

They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away.

Ezekiel 32:27

Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living.

Amos 9:2-3

“Though they dig into Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

Luke 7:1-2

When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

Luke 13:28

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out.

Luke 16:23

In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.

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