Ezekiel - 28:8



8 They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 28:8.

Differing Translations

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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.
They shall kill thee, and bring thee down: and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain in the heart of the sea.
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.
To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.
They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the middle of the seas.
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.
They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

They shall bring thee down to the pit,.... Or, "to corruption" (k); to the grave, the pit of corruption and destruction; so antichrist shall go into perdition, into the bottomless pit from whence he came, Revelation 17:8,
and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas; that die in a sea fight, whose carcasses are thrown overboard, and devoured by fishes.
(k) "ad corruptionem".

the pit--that is, the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight.
the deaths--plural, as various kinds of deaths are meant (Jeremiah 16:4).
of them . . . slain--literally, "pierced through." Such deaths as those pierced with many wounds die.

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