Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Holman Bible
but Your eyes are set against the proud—
You humble them.
International Standard Version
You save the nation who is humble but your eyes watch the proud, to bring them down.
A Conservative Version
And the afflicted people thou will save, but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou may bring them down.
American Standard Version
And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Amplified
“And You save the afflicted people;
But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase (humiliate).
Bible in Basic English
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.
Darby Translation
And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people of affliction thou wilt save: And thine eyes upon the lifted-up, thou wilt humble.
King James 2000
And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Humble people you will deliver, but your eyes [are] on the haughty, [whom] you bring down.
Modern King James verseion
And You will save the afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the proud, whom You bring low.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people that are in adversity, thou shalt help. And on the proud shalt thou cast thine eyes.
NET Bible
You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.
New Heart English Bible
You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the proud, that you may bring them down.
The Emphasized Bible
And, a patient people, thou didst save, - but, thine eyes, were on the lofty - thou layedst them low;
Webster
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thy eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
World English Bible
You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.
Themes
God » The incarnation of Christ, both a mystery and a revelation » Vision of
Vision » Of Christ, full of compassion » Divine, comprehends all human life
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
27
With the pure thou art pure, and with the perverse thou art an adversary.
28
Cross References
Psalm 72:12-13
For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.
Isaiah 5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Exodus 3:7-8
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Isaiah 2:11-12
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Exodus 9:14-17
For otherwise this time I will send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy slaves and upon thy people that thou may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Exodus 10:3
Then Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him, Thus hath the LORD God of the Hebrews said, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go that they may serve me.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he prevailed against them.
Job 40:11-12
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.
Psalm 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.
Psalm 138:6
For the LORD, who is high and lifted up, looks upon the humble, but the proud he does not know.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will effect the judgment of the poor and the judgment of the destitute.
Proverbs 21:4
A high look and a proud heart, which is the fire of the wicked, is sin.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:28-29
I have understood thy state, thy going out and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good tidings unto those who are cast down; to bind up the wounds of the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those that are bound;
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his face saved them: with his love and with his clemency he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of the age.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
James 4:6-7
But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
1 Peter 5:5-6
Likewise, young people, be subject to the elders in such a manner that you are all subject to one another. Be clothed with humility of will, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.