Isaiah 14:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Your pomp and magnificence are brought down to Sheol (the underworld), along with the sound of your harps; the maggots [which prey upon dead bodies] are spread out under you and worms cover you [O Babylonian rulers].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Your majesty has been brought down to the underworld, along with the sound of your harps. Under you is a bed of maggots, and worms are your blanket.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Thy pride is brought down to hell: thy carcass is fallen down. Under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering.

Isaiah 14:11 Cross References

Job 21:26

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.

Isaiah 22:2

you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and he who exults in her.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”

Isaiah 66:24

“And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

Ezekiel 26:13

And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more.