Isaiah 5:14

Isaiah 5:14 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14Therefore Death expands its jaws,

opening wide its mouth;

into it will descend their nobles and masses

with all their brawlers and revelers.

14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its 5:14 Or appetitethroat and opened its mouth beyond measure;

And 5:14 Lit herJerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her noise of revelry, and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;

And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

14Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure;

And 5:14 Lit her.Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her [boisterous] uproar and her [drunken] revelers descend into it.

14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws,

and down go Zion’s nobles and masses,

her revelers and carousers!

14So Death opens its jaws to receive them.

Its mouth is open wide to swallow them up.

Their nobles and the rest of the people will go down into it.

They will go there together with all those who have wild parties.