New Revised Standard Version
(When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Contemporary English Version
When it says, "he went up," it means that Christ had been deep in the earth.

New American Bible
What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended into the lower [regions] of the earth?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

he ascended.

Proverbs 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

John 3:13 And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

John 6:33,62 For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world. . . .

John 20:17 Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.

Acts 2:34-36 For David ascended not into heaven; but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, . . .

he also.

Genesis 11:5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.

Exodus 19:20 And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and he called Moses unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thither,

John 6:33,38,41,51,58 For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world. . . .

John 8:14 Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go.

John 16:27,28 For the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came out from God. . . .

the lower.

Psalm 8:5 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

Psalm 63:9 But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Psalm 139:15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Hebrews 2:7,9 Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy hands. . . .