Isaiah 14:12

Isaiah 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
• New International Version (NIV)How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

Context of Isaiah 14:12

10They will all respond and say to you, ‘Even you have become weak as we, You have become like us. 11Your pride and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.’ How you have fallen from heaven, You star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who defeated the nations! 13But 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. 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’

Isaiah 14:12 word by word

אֵ֛יךְ נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ לָאָ֔רֶץ חוֹלֵ֖שׁ עַל־גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Howאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• from heavenמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• starהֵילֵלhêylêl · Day StarH1966
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of the dawnשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837
• You have been cutגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• to the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• You who defeatedחָלַשׁchâlash · to weakenH2522
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:12

• Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
• Isaiah 34:4And all the heavenly lights will wear away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All its lights will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree.
• Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.
• Luke 10:18And He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
• 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, held for judgment;
• Revelation 12:7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
• 2 Peter 1:19And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
• Revelation 2:28and I will give him the morning star.
• Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you of these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
• Isaiah 14:4that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, And how the onslaught has ceased!
• Jeremiah 50:23How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
• Jeremiah 51:20He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12O Lucifer, son of the morning - The Versions in general agree in this translation, and render הילל heilel as signifying Lucifer, , the morning star, whether Jupiter or Venus; as these are both bringers of the morning light, or morning stars, annually in their turn. And although the context speaks explicitly concerning Nebuchadnezzar, yet this has been, I know not why, applied to the chief of the fallen angels, who is most incongruously denominated…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12How art thou fallen from heaven - A new image is presented here. It is that of the bright morning star; and a comparison of the once magnificent monarch with that beautiful star. He is now exhibited as having fallen from his place in the east to the earth. His glory is dimmed; his brightness quenched. Nothing can be more poetic and beautiful than a comparison of a magnificent monarch with the bright morning star! Nothing more striking in representing his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12fallen from heaven, O day star: These words refer to a well-known Canaanite story. In that story, the god Helel rebelled against the god El, who was the chief god of the Canaanite people. Helel was cast down from heaven. Isaiah uses this image to describe the fall of the king of Babylon. Some interpret the fall of the king of Babylon as symbolizing the fall of Satan (see Ezekiel 28; Luke 10:18; Revelation 12:9). However, there is little evidence that…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Lucifer--"day star." A title truly belonging to Christ (Re 22:16), "the bright and morning star," and therefore hereafter to be assumed by Antichrist. Gesenius, however, renders the Hebrew here as in Eze 21:12; Zec 11:2, "howl." weaken--"prostrate"; as in Ex 17:13, "discomfit."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:12

• Ambition
• Babylon
• Isaiah
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• Pride
• 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