Isaiah 22:16 “What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb fo…”

Isaiah 22:16

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

World English Bible

‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”

American Standard Version

What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

Geneva Bible 1599

What haste thou to doe here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a rocke?

Darby Translation

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?

Young's Literal Translation

What — to thee here? And who — to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here — a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.

Bible in Basic English

Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?

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Cross references

“What hast”

Isaiah 52:5 Micah 2:10

Isaiah 52:5 · BSB

And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

Micah 2:10 · BSB

Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction— a grievous destruction!

“hewed”

Matthew 27:60 2 Samuel 18:18 2 Chronicles 16:14 Job 3:14 Isaiah 14:18

Matthew 27:60 · BSB

and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB

During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’…

2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Job 3:14 · BSB

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Isaiah 14:18 · BSB

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

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

In context

15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

17Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

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