Eph Ephesians, chapter Epistle to the Ephesians, chapter 4
(Regarding this: it says he ascended, but that means he also had previously descended to our lowly world.
Ephesians 4:9 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
AFINT (Exp US)
(Now this reference to His ascension implies that He also descended into the lower regions, the earth itself.
AFINT (Lit US)
(Now the statement, “He ascended,” what is it, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
ASV
(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
BSB
What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
DRA
Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
EMTV
But that “He ascended”—what is it but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
GNV
(Nowe, in that hee ascended, what is it but that he had also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth?
LSV
And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first into the lower parts of the earth?
MSB
What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended first to the lower parts of the earth?
NASB
(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? NASB 2020
NIV (US)
(What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?
OJB
Now if He “ASCENDED”, what can it mean except that also He descended into the lower parts of ha'aretz?
TCENT
(Now what does “he ascended” mean except that he first also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
T4T
The words ‘he ascended’ certainly imply/indicate [RHQ] that Christ had also previously descended to the earth.
WEB (US)
Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
А «восшел» что означает, как не то, что Он и нисходил прежде в преисподние места земли?
Заокская (Кулаков)
А что означает «поднялся», как не то, что Он «нисходил», был и в самом низу, на самой земле?
СП (БЛ)
Что же означает сказанное «Он вознёсся», как не то, что Он также и спускался на землю?
Десницкий
Вот что означает слово «взошел»: прежде Он сошел в самые глубины земли.
Кассиан
А «восшел» что означает, как не то, что Он и нисшел в преисподние части земли?