Ephesians 4:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ [But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Common English Bible

⁹ What does the phrase “he climbed up” mean if it doesn’t mean that he had first gone down into the lower regions, the earth?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descended, first to the lower parts of the earth?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Ephesians 4:9 Cross References

Genesis 11:5

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psalm 63:9

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Psalm 8:5

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honour.

Exodus 19:20

And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

Proverbs 30:4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O ye heavens, for the LORD hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

Ezekiel 31:14

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Matthew 12:40

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

John 20:17

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

John 3:13

And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, which is in heaven.

John 6:33

For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

John 6:38

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 6:41

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

John 6:62

What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

John 8:14

Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

Hebrews 2:7

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honour, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Hebrews 2:9

But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every man.