Isaiah 22:16
What have you here? And whom have you here, that you have hewn a sepulcher here, as he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, who carves a dwelling for himself in a rock?
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
'What right do you have here, and who gave you the right to be here, that you carve out a tomb for yourself here, cutting out a burial site on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?'
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
What doest thou here? and whom has thou here,{H6311} that thou hast hewed thee out{H2672} here{H6311} a sepulchre?{H6913} hewing him out{H2672} a sepulchre{H6913} on high,{H4791} graving a habitation{H4908} for himself in the rock!{H5553}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out{H2672}{(H8804)} a sepulchre{H6913} here{H6311}, as he that heweth him out{H2672}{(H8802)} a sepulchre{H6913} on high{H4791}, and that graveth{H2710}{(H8802)} an habitation{H4908} for himself in a rock{H5553}?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
What hast thou here to do? & from whece comest thou? that thou hast made the a graue here? For he had caused a costly tombe of stone to be made for himself, and a place to lye in to be hewen out of a rock.
Geneva Bible (1560)
What haste thou to doe here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a rocke?
Bishops' Bible (1568)
What hast thou to do here? and whom hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchree, as it were one that heweth hym out a sepulchree on hye, or that graueth an habitation for hym selfe on an harde rocke?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, [as] he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, [and] that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Webster's Bible (1833)
"What are you doing here? and who has you here, that you have hewed out a tomb here? Cutting him out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
What -- to thee here? And who -- to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here -- a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.
American Standard Version (1901)
What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
American Standard Version (1901)
What doest thou here? and whom has thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
World English Bible (2000)
'What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?' Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
‘What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 27:60 : 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
- 2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's valley: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom's monument.
- 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
- Job 3:14 : 14 With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;
- Isa 14:18 : 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house.
- Isa 52:5 : 5 Now therefore, what have I here, says the LORD, that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them make them to wail, says the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
- Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
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