For the prudent the path of life leads upwards, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Isaiah 14:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you – all the rulers of the earth – making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead) below is stirred up to meet you at your coming [O tyrant Babylonian rulers]; it stirs up the shades of the dead to greet you–even all the chief ones of the earth; it raises from their thrones [in astonishment at your humbled condition] all the kings of the nations. American Standard Version (1901) Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Common English Bible The underworld beneath becomes restless to greet your arrival. It awakens the ghosts, all the leaders of earth; it makes the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. Catholic Public Domain Version Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming: it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations. |
For the prudent the path of life leads upwards, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!
Escape from Babylon; depart from the Chaldeans’ land. Be like the rams that lead the flock.
then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendour in the land of the living.