Hell from beneath Rather, Sheol beneath. It is best to retain the Hebrew name of the under-world (shě"ôl) as is sometimes done by the Revisers, though not in this passage. An almost exact equivalent would be the Greek Hades, For the dead, render the shades (rěphâ"îm) as in R.V. marg.

the chief ones lit. "the he-goats," a figurative designation of kings (Jeremiah 1:8; Zechariah 10:3).

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