The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 21. Most. Septuagint “giants shall say to thee: Remain in the depth of the pit. Whom dost thou excel? descend,” and so forth Bible.—They vary much in this chapter from the Hebrew Saint Jerome—Helpers; Lybians, and so forth Calmet. 30:5. These shall come to compliment the king. Calmet.—After a battle, those of the same nation were buried together. verse 22. Theod.—The Egyptians had tombs like houses, in which there were separate holes or apartments ( Calmet.) as in large vaults. Bible.
Sheol is the place of the dead.