Isaiah 14:18

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

Isaiah 14:18 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
English Standard Version (ESV)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 “The kings of the nations lie in stately glory, each in his own tomb,
The Message Bible (MSG)
18 Other kings get a decent burial, honored with eulogies and placed in a tomb.
American Standard Version (ASV)
18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, have been buried with honor, each in his own tomb.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
18 All the kings of the nations lie in splendor, each in his own tomb.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
18 "All of the kings of the nations are buried with honor. Each of them lies in his own tomb.

Isaiah 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations
Of other nations, besides those he governed, and even of those whom he had subdued, at least their ancestors, the greatest part of them however; for the word "all" does not always signify every individual, though by the repetition of it, it here bids fair for such a sense, there being but very few, or scarce any exceptions to this observation; for, on some account or another, both good and bad kings are interred in great state: [even] all of them lie in glory;
in rich tombs and stately monuments, erected for the honour of them; and where they "sleep", as the word signifies, with their fathers, their ancestors, and are at rest, in the state of the dead, where they will continue to the resurrection: everyone in his own house;
or grave, see ( Job 30:23 ) the same with his long home, ( Ecclesiastes 12:5 ) or the house of his world: in reference to which, the Targum paraphrases it by the same phrase here; and though their graves were not in their dwelling houses or palaces, yet often near them, and in their own country, and were what had been erected, or caused to be erected by them, in their lifetime.

Isaiah 14:18 In-Context

16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20 you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.

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