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Isaiah 22:16

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

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ASV

What doest thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out here a sepulchre? hewing him out a sepulchre on high, graving a habitation for himself in the rock!

KJV

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
לְּךָ֥le.Kha[belongs] to you
פֹה֙fohhereH6311 →
וּמִ֣יu.Miand who?H4310 →
לְךָ֣le.Kha[belongs] to you
פֹ֔הFohhereH6311 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
חָצַ֧בְתָּcha.Tzav.tayou have dug outH2672 →
לְּךָ֛le.Khafor yourself
פֹּ֖הpohhereH6311 →
קָ֑בֶרKa.vera tombH6913 →
חֹצְבִ֤יcho.tze.Vidigging outH2672 →
מָרוֹם֙ma.rOmhigh placeH4791 →
קִבְר֔וֹkiv.Rotomb hisH6913 →
חֹקְקִ֥יcho.ke.KicuttingH2710 →
בַסֶּ֖לַעva.Se.la'in the rockH5553 →
מִשְׁכָּ֥ןmish.Kana dwellingH4908 →
לֽוֹ׃lofor <the> himself

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Matthew 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.Genesis 50:5my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.2 Chronicles 16:14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.John 11:38Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,John 19:41Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.Mark 15:46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.Isaiah 14:18All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.Micah 2:10Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.Judges 18:3And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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