Below are all of the passages from the New International Version of the Bible where the Hebrew word “sheol” is found in the original Hebrew Bible text. The words highlighted in yellow are the English translations for “sheol,” as found in the NIV. This is an exhaustive list. It is noteworthy that the NIV never translates “sheol” as “hell.” In contrast, the King James Version translates “sheol” as “hell” in roughly half of the instances where “sheol” appears in the Hebrew text. As for the Revised Standard and New American Standard versions, they don’t even bother translating the word into English. These two versions leave “sheol” untranslated, which although better than the sometimes flawed and ambiguous renderings of the KJV, still leaves the reader uncertain as to the word’s meaning. The NIV is the only translation that renders “sheol” into English in the most accurate, understandable and consistent manner.
NIV passages where the Hebrew word “sheol” is found:
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
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Bible reference(s): Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 44:31, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33, Deuteronomy 32:22, 1 Samuel 2:6, 2 Samuel 22:6, 1 Kings 2:6, 1 Kings 2:9, Job 7:9, Job 11:7, Job 14:13, Job 17:13, Job 17:16, Job 21:7, Job 24:19, Job 26:6, Psalms 6:4, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 18:5, Psalms 30:3, Psalms 31:17, Psalms 49:14-15, Psalms 55:15, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 88:3, Psalms 89:48, Psalms 116:3, Psalms 139:8, Psalms 141:7, Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 15:11, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 30:16, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Song of Solomon 8:6, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 28:18, Isaiah 38:18, Isaiah 57:8, Ezekiel 31:15-17, Ezekiel 32:21, Ezekiel 32:27, Hosea 13:14, Amos 9:2, Jonah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:5
Source: Philip P. Kapusta
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