Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore
King James Version
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Holman Bible
Humble
International Standard Version
Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
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,
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Verse Info
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Instructions For Christians
5 Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly. 6 Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time, 7 having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.
Phrases
Cross References
James 4:10
Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Matthew 23:12
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Luke 14:11
Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
Exodus 3:19
And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 32:11
And Moses besought LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does thy wrath grow hot against thy people, whom thou have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Leviticus 26:41
I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity,
1 Kings 21:29
See thou how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
2 Kings 22:19
because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before LORD when thou heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn thy clothes, and
2 Chronicles 12:6-7
Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, LORD is righteous.
2 Chronicles 12:12
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of LORD turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. And moreover in Judah there were good things.
2 Chronicles 30:11
Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 32:26
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 33:19
Also his prayer, and how [God] was entreated by him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written
2 Chronicles 33:23
And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
2 Chronicles 36:12
And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of LORD.
Job 36:22
Behold, God does loftily in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Psalm 75:10
All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, but the horns of a righteous man shall be lifted up.
Psalm 89:13
Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Psalm 89:16-17
In thy name do they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. And the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places smooth.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Jeremiah 13:18
Say thou to the king and to the queen-mother: Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your coronets have come down, even the crown of your glory.
Jeremiah 44:10
They are not humbled even to this day. Neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
Ezekiel 17:21
And all his fugitives in all his groups shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind. And ye shall know that I, LORD, have spoken it.
Ezekiel 21:6
Sigh therefore, thou son of man. With the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness thou shall sigh before their eyes.
Daniel 5:22
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled thy heart, though thou knew all this,
Micah 6:8
He has shown thee, O man, what is good. And what does LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Luke 1:52
He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.
Romans 5:6
For while we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the impious.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
1 Timothy 2:6
who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony for their own times.
Titus 1:3
but in his own times he made known his word by preaching, which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
James 1:9-10
Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
James 5:10
Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of Lord.