Isaiah 14:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.””

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BSBPD

“Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon--<FI> saying<Fi> : Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 14:8 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
  2. Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
  3. Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the majestic trees are ruined!Wail, O oaks of Bashan,for the dense forest has been cut down!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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