Ezekiel 31:17 — Compare Translations

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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.

English Amplified

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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

The trees that had lived in the great tree's shade also fell and went into their graves. Those are the nations that had helped the great tree to fight its battles. They went to join other soldiers who had died in war.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Yes, those trees also went down with the big tree to the place of death. They joined the people who were killed in battle. That big tree made the other trees strong. Those trees had lived under the big tree's shadow among the nations.

They also went down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were its arm, who lived under its shadow among the nations.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They had gone down with the tree in the grave to join others killed in battle. All who lived in its shadow were scattered among the nations.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its alliesthey had lived in its shade among the nations.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

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.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They also went down into Sheol with it to those who were slain with the sword. And those who were its power lived under its shadow in the midst of the nations.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"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.

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

They too have come down with him to the nether world, to those slain by the sword; those who dwelt in his shade are dispersed among the nations.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Others also went down into the grave along with it. That included those that lived in its shade. And it included those nations that were going to help it. They joined those who had been killed with swords.

English NIV

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.

English NKJ 1982

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.

English NLT

Its allies, too, were all destroyed and had passed away. They had gone down to the grave--all those nations that had lived in its shade.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They also went down to Sheol with it, to those killed by the sword, along with its allies, those who lived in its shade among the nations.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And the nations who sat in its shadow went down to Sheol with it to join those slaughtered by the sword.

English RSV (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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Her allies, too, are all destroyed and perish with her. They went down with her to the nether world—those nations that had lived beneath her shade.

English Tyndale 1537

for they shall go down to hell with him, unto them that be slain with the sword, which dwelt afore under the shadow of his arm among the Heathen.