King James Version
Isaiah 14:11 in the King James Version says “Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover th...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.”
Isaiah 14:11 · KJV
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Hell: or, The grave chief: Heb. leaders, or, great goats
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! O Lucifer: or, O day star
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is brought down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“to the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“of thy viols”
H5035a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“cover”
H4374a covering, i.e., garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines)
“under thee and the worms”
H8438a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of h8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cl
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