Ezekiel 28:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.”
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“They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 28:8 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- Psalms 28:1To 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.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Psalms 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- Ezekiel 27:34Now 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 32:18“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:
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