(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
Matthew 11:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you, Capernaum, are you to be lifted up to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades [the region of the dead]! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today. American Standard Version (1901) And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. Common English Bible And you, Capernaum, will you be honored by being raised up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of the dead. After all, if the miracles that were done among you had been done in Sodom, it would still be here today. Catholic Public Domain Version And you, Capernaum, would you be exalted all the way to heaven? You shall descend all the way to Hell. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, perhaps it would have remained, even to this day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day. |
(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
How the Lord has overshadowed Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory from heaven to earth. He did not acknowledge his footstool in the day of his anger.
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.
This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.
‘Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit:
‘Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword – those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
Though you seem to soar like an eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgement for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, ‘Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax? ’
He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.’
And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.
Then he said to them, ‘No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: “Doctor, heal yourself. What we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your home town also.” ’
because you will not abandon me in Hades or allow your holy one to see decay.
Seeing what was to come, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He was not abandoned in Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay. ,
Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
and the Living One. I was dead, but look #– #I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Their dead bodies , will lie in the main street of the great city, which figuratively is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works.
And I looked, and there was a pale-green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following after him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.