Ephesians 4:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

English ASV

(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English Amplified

[But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But what does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English EASY 2024

It says: ‘He went up.’ That must mean that Christ had also come down. He came down to a lower place, the earth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When it says, "He went up," what does it mean? It means that he first came down low to earth.

(In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Now, what does “he went up” mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Now what does it mean that he went up except that he also had gone down to the lowest parts of the earth?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But what does "He ascended" mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth?

English KJV 1611

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

English LSB

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended into the lower (regions) of the earth?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Now what is the meaning of “ he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What does "he went up" mean? It can only mean that he also came down to the lower, earthly places.

English NIV

(What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?

English NKJ 1982

(Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English NLT

Notice that it says "he ascended." This means that Christ first came down to the lowly world in which we live.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

(When it says, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He “ascended” means that he returned to heaven, after he had first descended from the heights of heaven, even to the lower regions, namely, the earth.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Notice that it says he returned to heaven. This means that he had first come down from the heights of heaven, far down to the lowest parts of the earth.

English Tyndale 1537

That he ascended: what meaneth it,(went up, what is it) but that he also descended(came down) first into the lowest parts of the earth?

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