Isaiah 14:14

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will ascend above the highest clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.”

Hebrew Names Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like Ha`Elyon.

King James Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

English Standard Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

New American Standard Bible
'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

New Century Version
I will go up above the tops of the clouds. I will be like God Most High."

Amplified Bible
'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

World English Bible
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil ascend aboue ye height of the cloudes, and I will be like the most high.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.'

Contemporary English Version
I'll be above the clouds, just like God Most High."

Complete Jewish Bible
I will rise past the tops of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

Darby Translation
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:

Easy-to-Read Version
I will go up to the altar above the tops of the clouds. I will be like God Most High."

George Lamsa Translation
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Good News Translation
You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.

Lexham English Bible
I will ascend to the high places of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

Literal Translation
I will rise over the heights of the clouds; I will be compared to the Most High.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes, & wilbe like the highest of all.

American Standard Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

Bible in Basic English
I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'

King James Version (1611)
I wil ascend aboue the heights of the cloudes, I wil bee like the most High.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll clymbe vp aboue the cloudes, and wyll be lyke the hyghest of all.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High.

English Revised Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal stie on the hiynesse of cloudis; Y schal be lijk the hiyeste.

Update Bible Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will ascend above the hights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

New English Translation
I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!"

New King James Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.'

New Living Translation
I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.'

New Life Bible
I will go much higher than the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.'

New Revised Standard
I will ascend to the tops of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High!

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will ascend above the height of the clouds, I will be like the most High.

Revised Standard Version
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

Young's Literal Translation
I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'

Contextual Overview

⁴you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! ⁵The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. ⁶It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. ⁷All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song. ⁸Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: "Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us." ⁹Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you-all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. ¹⁰They will all respond and say to you, "You too have become weak as we are; you have become like us!" ¹¹Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, with the music of your harps. Maggots spread out beneath you, and worms cover you. ¹²How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. ¹³You said in your heart: "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ascend: Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:24

I will be: Isaiah 47:8, Genesis 3:5, 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:8 - Most 2 Kings 19:22 - exalted thy voice Job 20:6 - his excellency Job 35:12 - because Psalms 37:35 - I have Isaiah 47:1 - there is Jeremiah 50:29 - for she hath Ezekiel 28:2 - I sit Ezekiel 31:2 - Whom

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 12:16
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

Genesis 14:1
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

Genesis 14:2
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

Genesis 14:11
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Genesis 14:12
They also carried off Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.

Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, "Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,.... Which are the chariots of God, and in which he rides, and so this proud monarch affected to be as he; perhaps some reference is had to the cloud in which Jehovah dwelt in the temple. The Targum is,

"I will ascend above all people,''

compared to clouds for their multitude. In the mystical sense, the true ministers of the word may be meant, so called for their height, motion, swiftness, and fulness of Gospel doctrine, compared to rain; see Isaiah 5:6.

I will be like the most High; so Satan affected to be, and this was the bait he laid for our first parents, and with which they were taken; and nothing less than deity could satisfy some ambitious princes, as Caligula, and others; and this was what the Babylonish monarch aspired to, and ordered to be ascribed to him, and be regarded as such, either while living, or at least after death, which was what had been done to many Heathen princes. So antichrist is represented as showing himself to be God, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 by calling and suffering himself to be called God; by assuming all power in heaven and in earth; taking upon him to depose kings and dispose of kingdoms at pleasure; dispensing with the laws of God, and making new ones; absolving men from their oaths, pardoning their sins, setting up himself as infallible, as the sole interpreter of Scripture, and judge of controversies. The Targum is,

"I will he higher than them all;''

than the kings of the earth, and all other bishops.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will be like the Most High - There is a remarkable resemblance between this language and that used in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, in regard to antichrist: ‘He, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.’ And this similarity is the more remarkable, because antichrist is represented, in Revelation 17:4-5, as seated in babylon - the spiritual seat of arrogance, oppression, and pride. Probably Paul had the passage in Isaiah in his eye when he penned the description of antichrist.