Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.
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.
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 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse. 28 You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. 29 Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. The Lord illumines the darkness around me.
Cross References
Psalm 72:12-13
For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.
Isaiah 5:15
Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.
Exodus 3:7-8
The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Isaiah 2:11-12
Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Exodus 9:14-17
For this time I will send all my plagues on your very self and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."
Job 40:11-12
Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
Psalm 138:6
Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart -- the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 37:28-29
I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.
Isaiah 61:1-3
The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
Isaiah 63:9
Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
James 4:6-7
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."
1 Peter 5:5-6
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.