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.
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
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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