Isaiah 14:14

Contemporary English Version

I'll be above the clouds, just like God 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.'

Berean Standard Bible
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the 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

⁴ Then you will make fun of the King of Babylonia by singing this song: That cruel monster is done for! He won't attack us again. ⁵ The Lord has crushed the power of those evil kings, ⁶ who were furious and never stopped abusing the people of other nations. ⁷ Now all the world is at peace; its people are celebrating with joyful songs. ⁸ King of Babylonia, even the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon celebrate and say, "Since you were put down, no one comes along to chop us down." ⁹ The world of the dead eagerly waits for you. With great excitement, the spirits of ancient rulers hear about your coming. ¹⁰ Each one of them will say, "Now you are just as weak as any of us! ¹¹ Your pride and your music have ended here in the world of the dead. Worms are your blanket, maggots are your bed." ¹² You, the bright morning star, have fallen from the sky! You brought down other nations; now you are brought down. ¹³ You said to yourself, "I'll climb to heaven and place my throne above the highest stars. I'll sit there with the gods far away in 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 12:16
The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "We are close relatives. We shouldn't argue, and our men shouldn't be fighting one another.

Genesis 14:1
About this time, King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim

Genesis 14:2
attacked King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, also known as the city of Zoar.

Genesis 14:3
King Chedorlaomer and his allies had ruled these last five kings for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year the kings rebelled and came together in Siddim Valley, which is now covered by the southern part of the Dead Sea.

Genesis 14:5
A year later King Chedorlaomer and his allies attacked and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-Kiriathaim.

Genesis 14:11
Their enemies took everything of value from Sodom and Gomorrah, including their food supplies.

Genesis 14:12
They also captured Abram's nephew Lot, who lived in Sodom. They took him and his possessions and then left.

Genesis 15:3
You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything."

Genesis 17:12
From now on, your family must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old. You must even circumcise any man or boy you have as a slave, both those born in your homes and those you buy from foreigners. This will be a sign that my promise to you will last forever.

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.