Isaiah 14:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.”
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“All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All kings of nations--all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 14:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 9:35But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
- Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
- Isaiah 22:16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
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