Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

New American Standard Bible

So the common man has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But do not forgive them.

King James Version

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

Holman Bible

So humanity is brought low,
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!

International Standard Version

"So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and you won't forgive."

A Conservative Version

and [so] the common man bows down, and the great man degrades himself. Therefore do not forgive them.

American Standard Version

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

Amplified


So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].

Bible in Basic English

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

Julia Smith Translation

And man will bow down, and a man will humble himself, and thou shalt not lift up to them.

King James 2000

And man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.

Modern King James verseion

And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There kneeleth the man, there falleth the man down before them; but thou, O LORD, wilt not leave them unpunished.

NET Bible

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!

New Heart English Bible

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore do not forgive them.

The Emphasized Bible

So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, - Therefore do not thou forgive them!

Webster

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

World English Bible

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the mean man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

and the great man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Israel's Sins

8 And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made. 9 And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them! 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.



Cross References

Isaiah 5:15

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

Psalm 49:2

Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.

Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

Nehemiah 4:5

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.

Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 57:9

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 18:23

And thou, Jehovah, knowest all their counsel against me to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee: deal with them in the time of thine anger.

Mark 3:29

but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin;

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Colossians 2:18

Let no one fraudulently deprive you of your prize, doing his own will in humility and worship of angels, entering into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,

Colossians 2:23

(which have indeed an appearance of wisdom in voluntary worship, and humility, and harsh treatment of the body, not in a certain honour,) to the satisfaction of the flesh.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

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