God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 28:8
8They will throw you into a pit, and you will die a violent death in the sea.
Ezekiel 28:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
- New International Version (NIV)They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.
Context of Ezekiel 28:8
6“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: You think you are wise like God. 7That is why I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless foreigners among the nations. They will draw their swords against your fine wisdom and dishonor your greatness. They will throw you into a pit, and you will die a violent death in the sea. 9You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you. 10You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person. I have spoken,’ ” declares the Lord.
Read all of Ezekiel 28Ezekiel 28:8 word by word
לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:8
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.
- Job 17:16Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave? Will my hope rest with me in the dust?”
- Job 33:18He keeps their souls from the pit and their lives from crossing the River ⌞of Death⌟.
- Psalms 28:1O Lord, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go into the pit.
- Psalms 30:9“How will you profit if my blood is shed, if I go into the pit? Will the dust ⌞of my body⌟ give thanks to you? Will it tell about your truth?”
- Psalms 55:15Let death suddenly take ⌞wicked people⌟! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts.
- Psalms 88:4I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength—
- Proverbs 1:12We’ll swallow them alive like the grave, like those in good health who go into the pit.
- Proverbs 28:17A person burdened with the guilt of murder will be a fugitive down to his grave. No one will help him.
- Isaiah 38:17Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers took you out to the high seas, and an east wind wrecked you in the sea.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The clearest proof that the prince of Tyre was only a mortal man came when the Babylonians killed him. He would not rest in the heights with the gods, as he had claimed. Instead, he would go down to the pit, the place of the dead. Like the city of Tyre, the prince would die in "the heart of the sea" (compare Ezekiel 27:26–27). This image means he would share the same complete destruction as the city.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the pit--that is, the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight. the deaths--plural, as various kinds of deaths are meant (Jr 16:4). of them ... slain--literally, "pierced through." Such deaths as those pierced with many wounds die.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
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