Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,

King James Version

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Holman Bible

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,

International Standard Version

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

A Conservative Version

Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,

American Standard Version

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Amplified

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time,

An Understandable Version

Therefore, be humble [in your actions] before God's powerful authority, so that you may be exalted [by Him] at the proper time.

Anderson New Testament

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

Common New Testament

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Daniel Mace New Testament

submit yourselves therefore to the divine jurisdiction, that he may exalt you in due time.

Darby Translation

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the due time;

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

Be humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Godbey New Testament

Therefore humble yourselves beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may lift you up in due time:

Goodspeed New Testament

Submit humbly, therefore, to God's mighty hand, so that he may in due time raise you up.

John Wesley New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore be humbled under the strong hand of God, that he might lift you up) in due measure:

King James 2000

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the [right] time,

Modern King James verseion

Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Submit yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you, when the time is come.

Moffatt New Testament

Humble yourselves under the strong hand of God, then, so that when it is time, he may raise you;

Montgomery New Testament

So humble yourselves under God's mighty hand, so that he may exalt you in due time.

NET Bible

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

New Heart English Bible

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Noyes New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Sawyer New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

The Emphasized Bible

Be made lowly, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may lift, you, up in due time, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season:

Twentieth Century New Testament

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in his good time,

Webster

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Weymouth New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time He may set you on high.

Williams New Testament

Therefore humbly submit to God's strong hand, so that at the proper time He may exalt you.

World English Bible

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Worrell New Testament

Be humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due season;

Worsley New Testament

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time;

Youngs Literal Translation

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ταπεινόω 
Tapeinoo 
Usage: 7

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

ὑπό 
Hupo 
of, by, under, with, in, not tr,
Usage: 188

the mighty
κραταιός 
Krataios 
Usage: 1

χείρ 
Cheir 
hand, not tr
Usage: 149

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

he may exalt
ὑψόω 
Hupsoo 
exalt, lift up
Usage: 8

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Peter 5:6

Devotionals containing 1 Peter 5:6

Images 1 Peter 5:6

Prayers for 1 Peter 5:6

Context Readings

Instructions For Christians

5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.



Cross References

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Matthew 23:12

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion.

Exodus 10:3

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Exodus 32:11

Then Moses entreated the Lord his God, and said, “O Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Leviticus 26:41

I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make amends for their iniquity,

1 Kings 21:29

“Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days.”

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:6-7

So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

2 Chronicles 12:12

And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah.

2 Chronicles 30:11

Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:26

However, Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

2 Chronicles 33:23

Moreover, he did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt.

2 Chronicles 36:12

He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the Lord.

Job 36:22

“Behold, God is exalted in His power;
Who is a teacher like Him?

Psalm 75:10

And all the horns of the wicked He will cut off,
But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

Psalm 89:13

You have a strong arm;
Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted.

Psalm 89:16-17

In Your name they rejoice all the day,
And by Your righteousness they are exalted.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low,
But a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be abased
And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 40:4

“Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and the queen mother,
Take a lowly seat,
For your beautiful crown
Has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 44:10

But they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers.”’

Ezekiel 17:21

All the choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Ezekiel 21:6

As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

Daniel 5:22

Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Luke 1:52

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

Romans 5:6

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.

Titus 1:3

but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

James 1:9-10

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

James 5:10

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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