King James Version

Ezekiel 28:8

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

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לַשַּׁ֖חַתlashachatto destructionשַׁחַתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָyoridukhabring downיָרַדverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…וָמַ֛תָּהvamatahand dieמוּתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and die”, a completed action in a sequenceH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…מְמוֹתֵ֥יmemotedeathמָמוֹתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “death”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4463a mortal disease; concretely, a corpsedeath.חָלָ֖לchalalkillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “kill”, the ordinary formH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.בְּלֵ֥בbelevin comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…יַמִּֽיםyamimseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

Young’s Literal Translation

To destruction they bring thee down, Thou diest by the deaths of the wounded, in the heart of the seas.

World English Bible

They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.

Darby Translation

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.

Douay-Rheims

They shall kill thee, and bring thee down: and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain in the heart of the sea.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they shall bring down thy beauty to destruction. And they shall bring thee down; and thou shalt die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ καταβιβάσουσί σε, καὶ ἀποθανῇ θανάτῳ τραυματιῶν ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης.