Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 14:18
18All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, each in his own house.
Isaiah 14:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
- New International Version (NIV)All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house;
Context of Isaiah 14:18
16Those who see you will stare at you, reflecting on what has become of you: “Is this the one who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble, 17who made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who never opened the house of his prisoners?” All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, each in his own house. 19But you are cast out of your tomb as a discarded branch, garment of the slain, pierced with a sword, dumped into a stony pit, a corpse trodden underfoot. 20You will not join with them in burial, because you ruined your land, you slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be named.
Read all of Isaiah 14Isaiah 14:18 word by word
כָּל־מַלְכֵ֥י גוֹיִ֖ם כֻּלָּ֑ם שָׁכְב֥וּ בְכָב֖וֹד אִ֥ישׁ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:18
- Isaiah 22:16‘What are you doing here, and who are you to be here, that you cut out a grave for yourself, carving out a tomb on the height, chiseling a crypt for yourself in the rock?
- 2 Chronicles 24:16So he was buried in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good things in Israel and toward God and His House.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3Even if a man should father a hundred children and live many years, however many the days of his years may be, yet his soul is never satisfied with his prosperity and he does not have a proper burial, then I say that it is better for the stillborn than him.
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over Egypt’s throng. Bring them down —her and the daughters of lofty nations, to the underworld, to those who go down to the pit.
- Job 30:23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all the living.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5when they also are afraid of heights and of dangers on the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry fails to excite— for a man is going to his eternal home, and mourners go about in the street—
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18All the kings of the nations - That is, this is the common way in which the kings are buried. Lie in glory - They lie in a magnificent mausoleum; they are surrounded with splendor even in their tombs. It is well known that vast sums of money were expended to rear magnificent mausoleums as the burial place of kings. With this design, probably, the pyramids of Egypt were reared; and the temple of Bel in Babylon, we are told, was employed for this purpose…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20The absence of a proper burial was a sign of great shame and dishonor. Unlike other kings, the king of Babylon would be disgraced in judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. All--that is, This is the usual practice. in glory--in a grand mausoleum. house--that is, "sepulchre," as in Ec 12:5; "grave" (Is 14:19). To be excluded from the family sepulcher was a mark of infamy (Is 34:3; Jr 22:19; 1Ki 13:22; 2Ch 21:20; 24:25; 28:27).Read the comment
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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
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