Ezekiel 31:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 31:17

15 “Thus says the Lord God: ‘In the day when it ^awent down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to² mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

16 I made the nations ^ashake at the sound of its fall, when I ^bcast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and ^call the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, ^dwere comforted in the depths of the earth.

17 They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm ^adwelt in its shadows among the nations.

18 ^a‘To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; ^byou shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord God.”

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 31:17

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American Standard Version
They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, `that' dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Amplified® Bible
They also shall go down into Sheol with it to those who were slain by the sword--yes, those who were its arm, who dwelt under its shadow in the midst of the nations.

Contemporary English Version
Those people who found protection in its shade will also be sent to the world below, where they will join the dead.

Darby English Version
They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that were slain with the sword, and [that were] his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Good News Bible
They will go with it to the world of the dead to join those that have already fallen. And all who live under its shadow will be scattered among the nations.

King James Version
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

New American Standard Bible
"They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived under its shade among the nations.

New International Version
Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, had also gone down to the grave with it, joining those killed by the sword.

New King James Version
They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They also went down with it to Sheol to those who had become slain by the sword; and those who served as its strength lived under its shade among the nations.

Revised Standard Version
They also shall go down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yea, those who dwelt under its shadow among the nations shall perish.

Young's Literal Translation
Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And -- his arm -- they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.

New English Translation
Those who lived in its shade, its allies¹ among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

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