Translation choice · documented · Afterlife
What the source reads — Sheol — the grave, the silent realm where all the dead go, good and bad alike (Diodati: 'sepolcro')
What this version reads — 'hell' — the KJV renders the neutral grave as the place of the damned
Sheol is the Hebrew underworld — the grave, where everyone goes, with no fire and no judgment. The KJV translates it 'hell' here and across the Old Testament, retrofitting a place of punishment into a book that doesn't have one yet. Diodati keeps the honest 'sepolcro' — the grave.
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