Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 518 [e] אִם־ ’im- Though Conj 2864 [e] יַחְתְּר֣וּ yaḥ-tə-rū they dig V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 7585 [e] בִשְׁא֔וֹל ḇiš-’ō-wl, into hell Prep-b | N-cs 8033 [e] מִשָּׁ֖ם miš-šām from there Prep-m | Adv 3027 [e] יָדִ֣י yā-ḏî my hand N-fsc | 1cs 3947 [e] תִקָּחֵ֑ם ṯiq-qā-ḥêm; shall take them V-Qal-Imperf-3fs | 3mp 518 [e] וְאִֽם־ wə-’im- and Though Conj-w | Conj 5927 [e] יַעֲלוּ֙ ya-‘ă-lū they climb up V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 8064 [e] הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם haš-šā-ma-yim, to heaven Art | N-mp 8033 [e] מִשָּׁ֖ם miš-šām from there Prep-m | Adv 3381 [e] אוֹרִידֵֽם׃ ’ō-w-rî-ḏêm. I will bring them down V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs | 3mp

New American Standard Bible
"Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

King James Bible
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Though. All these energetic expressions were intended to shew the utter impossibility of escape.

dig.

Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

Psalm 139:7-10 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence…

Isaiah 2:19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves …

climb.

Job 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;

Isaiah 14:13-16 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will …

Jeremiah 49:16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, …

Jeremiah 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify …

Ezekiel 28:13-16 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was …

Obadiah 1:4 Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest …

Luke 10:18 And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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