Ezekiel 28:8 “They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death…”

Ezekiel 28:8

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.

American Standard Version

They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall cast thee downe to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of them, that are slaine in the middes of the sea.

Darby Translation

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.

Young's Literal Translation

To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.

Bible in Basic English

They will send you down to the underworld, and your death will be the death of those who are put to the sword in the heart of the seas.

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Cross references

“shall bring”

Ezekiel 32:18–30 Job 17:16 Job 33:18 Job 33:28 Psalm 28:1 Psalm 30:9

Ezekiel 32:18–30 · BSB

“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:

Job 17:16 · BSB

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

Job 33:18 · BSB

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:28 · BSB

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalm 28:1 · BSB

To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

Psalm 30:9 · BSB

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

“are slain”

Ezekiel 27:34 Ezekiel 27:26 Ezekiel 27:27

Ezekiel 27:34 · BSB

Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.

Ezekiel 27:26 · BSB

Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

Ezekiel 27:27 · BSB

Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your dow…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

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