Isaiah 14:11

Isaiah 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
• New International Version (NIV)All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your might and power were buried with you. The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet, and worms your blanket.’

Context of Isaiah 14:11

9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations. 10All of them will answer and say to you: 'You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!' Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers. 12"How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! 13You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;

Isaiah 14:11 word by word

הוּרַ֥ד שְׁא֛וֹל גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy pompגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• is brought downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• the noiseהֶמְיָהhemyâh · soundH1998
• of thy violsנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · harpH5035
• the wormרִמָּהrimmâh · wormH7415
• is spreadיָצַעyatsa‛ · to layH3331
• under thee, and the wormsתּוֹלֵעָהtôlâ‛ tôlê‛âh tôla‛ath tôla‛ath · wormH8438
• coverמְכַסֶּהmekasseh · coveringH4374

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:11

• Isaiah 21:4My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
• Isaiah 22:2you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.
• Job 21:11They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.
• Ezekiel 26:13And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more.
• Ezekiel 32:19'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.'
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
• Amos 6:3O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
• Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
• Isaiah 66:24"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
• Job 17:13If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,
• Job 24:19Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
• Mark 9:43And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Cover thee "Thy covering" - Twenty-eight MSS. (ten ancient) of Kennicott's, thirty-nine of De Rossi's, twelve editions, with the Septuagint and Vulgate, read ומכסך umechassecha, in the singular number.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Thy pomp - Thy magnificence (see the note at Isaiah 5:14). The noise of thy viols - Instruments of music were often used in their feasts; and the meaning here is, that instead of being surrounded with splendor, and the instruments of music, the monarch was now brought down to the corruption and stillness of the grave. The instrument referred to by the word viol‘ (נבל nēbel plur. נבלים nebalı̂ym Greek ́ nabla Latin nablium ), was a stringed instrument…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Babylon's strength, power, and music from the harp ended, and its greatness was destroyed (see also Revelation 18:22). Maggots and worms represented death and decay (Isaiah 66:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. "Pomp" and music, the accompaniment of Babylon's former feastings (Is 5:12; 24:8), give place to the corruption and the stillness of the grave (Eze 32:27). worm--that is bred in putridity. worms--properly those from which the crimson dye is obtained. Appropriate here; instead of the crimson coverlet, over thee shall be "worms." Instead of the gorgeous couch, "under thee" shall be the maggot. The language is so framed as to apply to the Babylonian king…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:11

• Babylon
• Death
• Isaiah
• Music
• Rulers

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Commentaries on Isaiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings