Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thus shall man have a fall; he shall be brought low, and the high looks of the proud shall be laid down.

New American Standard Bible

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

King James Version

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Holman Bible

Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,
and haughty eyes are humbled.

International Standard Version

Humanity is brought low, and each one is humbled, while the eyes of the self-exalting are brought low.

A Conservative Version

And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is debased, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled,

American Standard Version

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

Amplified


So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance degraded,
And the eyes of the proud (arrogant) will be degraded.

Bible in Basic English

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And man shall bow down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled.

King James 2000

And man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.

Modern King James verseion

And man is bowed down, and man is humbled and the eyes of the lofty are humbled.

NET Bible

Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

New Heart English Bible

So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

The Emphasized Bible

And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled, - Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.

Webster

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased.

World English Bible

So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

Youngs Literal Translation

And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

Interlinear

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

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

and the mighty man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

and the eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

of the lofty
גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

14 Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that their pride, boasting, and wealth, with such as rejoice therein, may descend into it. 15 Thus shall man have a fall; he shall be brought low, and the high looks of the proud shall be laid down. 16 But the LORD of Hosts, that holy God: shall be exalted and untouched, when he shall declare his equity and righteousness after this manner.


Cross References

Isaiah 2:9

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

Isaiah 2:11

which casteth down the high looks of presumptuous persons, and bringeth low the pride of man, and the LORD only shall be exalted in that day.

Exodus 9:17

If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not let them go:

Job 40:11-12

pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,

Psalm 62:9

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

Isaiah 2:17

And it shall bring down the pride of man, and lay man's presumptuousness full low, and the LORD shall only have the victory in that day.

Isaiah 9:14-17

Therefore the LORD shall root out of Israel both head and tail, branch and twig in one day.

Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore the LORD sayeth: As soon as I have performed my whole work upon the hill of Zion and Jerusalem, then will I also visit the noble and stout king of Assyria, with his wisdom and pride."

Isaiah 10:33

But see, the Lord God of Hosts shall take away the proud from thence, with fear. He shall hew down the proud, and fell the high minded.

Isaiah 13:11

And I will punish the wickedness of the world, and the sins of the ungodly, sayeth the LORD. The high stomachs of the proud will I take away, and will lay down the boasting of tyrants.

Isaiah 24:2-4

Then shall the priest be as the people, the master as the servant, the dame like the maid, the seller like the buyer, he that lendeth upon usury, like him that borroweth upon usury, the creditor as the debtor.

Isaiah 37:23

But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and exalted thy proud looks? Even against the holy one of Israel.

Isaiah 37:29

Therefore thy furiousness against me, and thy pride is come before me. I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bridle bit in the jaws of thee, and turn thee about, even the same way thou camest.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God.

Jeremiah 5:9

Should I not correct this, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of every people, that is like unto this?

Daniel 4:37

Then did I, Nebuchadnezzar, love, magnify and praise the King of heaven: for all his works are true, and his ways right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bring them down.

James 1:9-11

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Revelation 6:15-16

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,

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