Ezekiel 28:8

⁶ Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

⁷ behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

⁹ Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

¹⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
KJV: 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.
WEB: They will bring you down to the pit. You will die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: They bring you down into the Pit, and you will die the death of the slain in the midst of the seas!

ÅB: I graven skal de støte deg ned, og du skal dø som de ihjelslåtte dør, midt ute i havet.
OTB: De vil føre deg ned til dypet,
og du vil dø voldsomt
i havets hjerte.
B1930: I graven skal de støte dig ned, og du skal dø som de ihjelslåtte dør, midt ute i havet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 27:34
Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
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Ezekiel 27:26–27
Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
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Job 33:28
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
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Ezekiel 32:18–30
“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
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Job 33:18
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
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Psalms 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
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Psalms 55:15
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
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Psalms 88:4–5
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
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