13 No mortal comprehends its worth;(A)
    it cannot be found in the land of the living.(B)

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13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

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13 Man does not know its (A)value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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The realm of the dead(A) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(B) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders(C) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.(D)
10 They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”(E)

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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.

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

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“Hell(A)[a] from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
10 They all shall (B)speak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:9 Or Sheol

24 “Elam(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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24 “There is (A)Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have (B)gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
(C)Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

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30 “All the princes of the north(A) and all the Sidonians(B) are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised(C) with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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30 (A)There are the princes of the north,
All of them, and all the (B)Sidonians,
Who have gone down with the slain
In shame at the terror which they caused by their might;
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword,
And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

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