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No, you will go down to Hades. <a href="/nlt/luke/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.” <a href="/esv/luke/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. <a href="/bsb/luke/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/blb/luke/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. <a href="/kjv/luke/10.htm">King James Bible</a> And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. <a href="/nkjv/luke/10.htm">New King James Version</a> And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. <a href="/nasb_/luke/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/nasb/luke/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/nasb77/luke/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/lsb/luke/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/amp/luke/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades (the realm of the dead). <a href="/csb/luke/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades. <a href="/hcsb/luke/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades! <a href="/asv/luke/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades. <a href="/cev/luke/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honored in heaven? Well, you will go down to hell! <a href="/erv/luke/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades. <a href="/gwt/luke/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go to hell! <a href="/gnt/luke/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!" <a href="/isv/luke/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hell! <a href="/msb/luke/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven to heaven, will be brought down to Hades! <a href="/net/luke/10.htm">NET Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! <a href="/nheb/luke/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to hell. <a href="/wbt/luke/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell. <a href="/wey/luke/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades. <a href="/web/luke/10.htm">World English Bible</a> You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you, Capernaum, which were exalted to Heaven, you will be brought down to Hades. <a href="/blb/luke/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades. <a href="/ylt/luke/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down. <a href="/slt/luke/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And thou, Capernaum, indeed even lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hades.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto heaven, thou shalt be thrust down to hell. <a href="/cpdv/luke/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And as for you, Capernaum, who would be exalted even up to Heaven: you shall be submerged into Hell. <a href="/nabre/luke/10.htm">New American Bible</a> And as for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.’ <a href="/nrsvce/luke/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you, Capernaum, which have exalted yourself up to heaven, you will be brought down to Sheol. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And you Kapernahum, she that was exalted unto Heaven, you shall be debased unto Sheol.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And thou, Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hades. <a href="/godbey/luke/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shalt be cast down to Hades.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And thou Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell. <a href="/mace/luke/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to the sky, shall be plung'd into an abyss. <a href="/wey/luke/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be lifted high as Heaven? Thou shalt be driven down as low as Hades. <a href="/worrell/luke/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall be thrust down to Hades!<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And thou Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/10-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=4192" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/10.htm">Woe to the Unrepentant</a> …14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/2584.htm" title="2584: Kapharnaoum (N-VFS) -- Capernaum, a town of Galilee. Of Hebrew origin; Capernaum, a place in Palestine.">Capernaum,</a> <a href="/greek/5312.htm" title="5312: hypsōthēsē (V-FIP-2S) -- (a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high. From hupsos; to elevate.">will you be lifted up</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven?</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">No,</a> <a href="/greek/2597.htm" title="2597: katabēsē (V-FIM-2S) -- To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.">you will be brought down</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/86.htm" title="86: hadou (N-GMS) -- Hades, the unseen world. Properly, unseen, i.e. Hades or the place of departed souls.">Hades!</a> 16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. <a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a> You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” / But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. <a href="/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Ezekiel 31:14</a> This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’ <a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Ezekiel 32:18-24</a> “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: / Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised! / They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes. ... <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1</a> How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. <a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm">Obadiah 1:4</a> Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. <a href="/amos/9-2.htm">Amos 9:2</a> Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. <a href="/job/21-13.htm">Job 21:13</a> They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace. <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Job 24:19</a> As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. <a href="/psalms/9-17.htm">Psalm 9:17</a> The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God. <a href="/psalms/139-8.htm">Psalm 139:8</a> If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Isaiah 5:14</a> Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers! <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5</a> When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. <a href="/jeremiah/51-53.htm">Jeremiah 51:53</a> Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.Capernaum.<a href="/luke/7-1.htm">Luke 7:1,2</a> Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum… <a href="/matthew/4-13.htm">Matthew 4:13</a> And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:which.<a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Genesis 11:4</a> And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a> Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.<a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm">Isaiah 14:13-15</a> For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: … thrust.<a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Luke 13:28</a> There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.<a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Isaiah 5:14</a> Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.<a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15</a> Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/7-2.htm">Capernaum</a> <a href="/luke/7-1.htm">Caper'na-Um</a> <a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/luke/8-29.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Hades</a> <a href="/luke/9-58.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/luke/9-22.htm">High</a> <a href="/luke/6-20.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/luke/9-22.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/nahum/3-16.htm">Skies</a> <a href="/luke/5-3.htm">Thrust</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/2-12.htm">Capernaum</a> <a href="/john/2-12.htm">Caper'na-Um</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/luke/14-11.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Hades</a> <a href="/luke/10-18.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/luke/12-5.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/luke/14-11.htm">High</a> <a href="/luke/11-27.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/luke/17-13.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/exodus/24-10.htm">Skies</a> <a href="/luke/13-28.htm">Thrust</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 10</div>1. <a href="/luke/10-1.htm">Jesus sends out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach;</a> 13. <a href="/luke/10-13.htm">pronounces a woe against certain cities.</a> 17. <a href="/luke/10-17.htm">The seventy return with joy; </a> 18. <a href="/luke/10-18.htm">he shows them wherein to rejoice, </a> 21. <a href="/luke/10-21.htm">and thanks his Father for his grace;</a> 23. <a href="/luke/10-23.htm">magnifies the happy estate of his church;</a> 25. <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life, </a> 30. <a href="/luke/10-30.htm">and tells the parable of the good Samaritan;</a> 38. <a href="/luke/10-38.htm">reprimands Martha, and commends Mary her sister.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And you, Capernaum Capernaum was a significant town in Jesus' ministry, often referred to as His "own city" (<a href="/matthew/9.htm">Matthew 9:1</a>). It was located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee and served as a central hub for Jesus' teachings and miracles. Despite witnessing many of His works, the town's inhabitants largely remained unrepentant, which is why Jesus addresses them directly here. The mention of Capernaum highlights the accountability of those who have been given much revelation and yet fail to respond.will you be lifted up to heaven? This rhetorical question implies a sense of pride or self-exaltation. Capernaum, having been the site of many of Jesus' miracles, might have assumed a special status or favor. The question challenges this assumption, suggesting that their privileged position does not guarantee divine favor or eternal reward. It echoes the biblical principle that pride precedes a fall (<a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>).No, you will be brought down to Hades! Hades, in this context, refers to the realm of the dead, often associated with judgment and separation from God. The statement serves as a warning of impending judgment due to the town's unbelief and rejection of Jesus. This imagery of descent contrasts with the earlier notion of being "lifted up," emphasizing the consequences of spiritual pride and unrepentance. The warning to Capernaum parallels the fate of other unrepentant cities in biblical history, such as Sodom and Gomorrah, and serves as a sobering reminder of the need for repentance and faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a> A significant town in Jesus' ministry, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was a place where Jesus performed many miracles and taught extensively. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The speaker of this verse, addressing the city of Capernaum. His ministry included preaching, teaching, and performing miracles in this city. 3. <a href="/topical/h/hades.htm">Hades</a> In this context, it refers to the realm of the dead or a place of judgment, contrasting with being "lifted up to heaven."<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/accountability_for_revelation.htm">Accountability for Revelation</a> Capernaum had witnessed many of Jesus' miracles and teachings, yet remained unrepentant. This highlights the principle that greater revelation brings greater responsibility. <a href="/topical/p/pride_leads_to_downfall.htm">Pride Leads to Downfall</a> The rhetorical question about being lifted to heaven followed by the declaration of being brought down to Hades serves as a warning against pride and self-exaltation. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a> While judgment is pronounced, it is a call to repentance. God's desire is for people to turn from their ways and seek His mercy. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a> Capernaum's familiarity with Jesus' works led to complacency. Believers must guard against becoming indifferent to the presence and work of God in their lives. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_response_to_jesus.htm">Reflecting on Our Response to Jesus</a> Just as Capernaum was judged for its response to Jesus, we must consider how we respond to His teachings and presence in our lives today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 10</a> <a href="/q/what's_jude's_role_and_message_in_the_bible.htm">When will Satan's defeat occur?</a> <a href="/q/what's_chorazin's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Chorazin's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_luke_15_7_suggest_god_favors_some.htm">Does Luke 15:7 imply that some souls are more celebrated than others, contradicting the idea of God's impartiality?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_angels_seek_gospel_insight.htm">Why would angels 'long to look' into the gospel (1 Peter 1:12) if angels are traditionally viewed as having heavenly knowledge?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. When the Lord came to speak of the woe of Capernaum, his own chosen city, his favourite earthly home, his words grew even more solemn. The simile he uses, "hell," better rendered Hades, is chosen to paint the contrast between the glorious destiny [this beautiful lake-city might have chosen, and the tremendous woe which she had voluntarily brought on herself. The present state of the Plain of Gennesaret is indeed so desolate and miserable that we can scarcely picture to ourselves that it was once a populous, crowded district, the blue lake covered with fishing and trading vessels, its shores and the plain inland highly cultivated, a very garden in that part of Asia. Rich towns and thriving villages in that favoured neighbourhood are described by contemporary writers in such glowing terms that we, who are spectators of the dreary and melancholy shores of the Gennesaret lake, are puzzled as we read, and should suspect an exaggeration, only an exaggeration would have been purposeless (see Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,' 3:03.2). Some thirty years after the woe had been uttered, in the terrible wars in which Rome avenged herself on the Jewish hatred and scorn, the garden of Gennesaret was changed into a ruin-covered solitude. Joseph's, who had been dwelling on the loveliness of the place, describes the state of the shore strewn with wrecks and putrefying bodies, "insomuch that the misery was not only an object of commiseration to the Jews, but even to these that hated them and had been the authors of that misery" ('Bell. Jud.,' 3:10. 8; and see Dr. Farrar's' Life of Christ,' 2:101). <a href="/commentaries/luke/10-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. you, σύ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Capernaum, Καφαρναούμ (Kapharnaoum) Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2584.htm">Strong's 2584: </a> Capernaum, a town of Galilee. Of Hebrew origin; Capernaum, a place in Palestine. will you be lifted up ὑψωθήσῃ (hypsōthēsē) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5312.htm">Strong's 5312: </a> (a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high. From hupsos; to elevate. to ἕως (heōs) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. heaven? οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. No, μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. you will go down καταβήσῃ (katabēsē) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2597.htm">Strong's 2597: </a> To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. to ἕως (heōs) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. Hades! ᾅδου (hadou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_86.htm">Strong's 86: </a> Hades, the unseen world. 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