Luke 10:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up [as high] as heaven? [Certainly not], you will be brought down to the unseen place of departed spirits [i.e., you will become obscure or obliterated as a city].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted unto heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades (the regions of the dead).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be honored by being raised up to heaven? No, you will be cast down to the place of the dead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And as for you, Capernaum, who would be exalted even up to Heaven: you shall be submerged into Hell.

Luke 10:15 Cross References

Matthew 4:13

[After] leaving Nazareth [i.e., a major town in Galilee], He came to live in Capernaum, [a city] beside Lake Galilee, near the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare sinning angels, but cast them in chains into deep, dark dungeons to await judgment;

Luke 13:28

[Then] there will be crying and excruciating pain, when you will see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and [you will see] yourselves thrown outside.

Matthew 11:23

And Capernaum, do you think you will be lifted up toward heaven [as a proud city]? [No indeed], you will [surely] go down to the place of the unseen [i.e., become obscure or obliterated as a city]. For if the powerful miracles had been performed in Sodom which were performed in your presence, it would have remained [even] until today.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who can kill your body but not your soul. Instead, fear Him [i.e., God] who is able to destroy both your soul and body in hell. [See note on 5:29].

Luke 16:23

And in the unseen place of departed spirits the rich man, who was being tormented, looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus close beside him.