Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Remove the tiara, and lift up the crown: this not thus: lift up the low, and make low the high.
New American Standard Bible
thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Holman Bible
This is what the Lord God says:
Things will not remain as they are;
exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.
International Standard Version
This is what the Lord GOD says: "Remove your turban! Take off your crown! Things aren't going to remain as they used to be. What is lowly will be exalted, and what is lofty will be brought low.
A Conservative Version
thus says lord LORD: Remove the miter, and take off the crown. This [shall be] no more the same. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
American Standard Version
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this'shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
Amplified
thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they have been. Exalt that which is low and abase the high.
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.
Darby Translation
thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre and take off the crown; what is shall be no more. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
King James 2000
Thus says the Lord GOD; Remove the turban, and take off the crown: this shall not remain the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Lexham Expanded Bible
thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Remove the turban and lift off the crown; things [are] no longer the same. Exalt the low and bring low the high.
Modern King James verseion
So says the Lord Jehovah: Remove the diadem, and take off the crown. This shall not be as it was. Lift up the low one, and put down the high one.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus sayeth the LORD God: Take away the mitre, and put off the crown, and so is it away: the humble is exalted, and the proud brought low.
NET Bible
this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud!
New Heart English Bible
thus says the Lord GOD: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high."
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Remove the turban, And lift off the crown, - This not that, The abased, exalt, And the exalted, abase.
Webster
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
World English Bible
thus says the Lord Yahweh: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn aside the mitre, and bear away the crown, This -- not this -- the low make high, And the high make low.
Interlinear
Cuwr
Ruwm
Zo'th
Gabahh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezekiel 21:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Vision Of The Avenging Sword Of Yahweh
25 And thou profane unjust prince of Israel, to whom his day came in the time of iniquity the end. 26 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Remove the tiara, and lift up the crown: this not thus: lift up the low, and make low the high. 27 Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I set her: and this was not till he came which to him the judgment; and I gave him.
Cross References
Ezekiel 17:24
And all the trees of the field knew that I Jehovah brought low the tree of height, made high the low tree, I dried up the green tree, and I caused the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah spake and I did.
Psalm 75:7
For God is judge: he will humble this, and this he will lift up.
Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the mistress, Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory was brought down from your heads.
Ezekiel 16:12
And I will give a ring upon thy nose, and earrings for thine ears, and a crown of glory upon thy head.
Luke 1:52
he has pulled down the powerful from thrones, and lifted up the
1 Samuel 2:7-8
Jehovah dispossessing, and enriching: making low, but lifting up.
2 Kings 25:6
And they will seize the king and bring him up to the king of Babel to Riblah; and they will speak judgment with him.
2 Kings 25:27
And it will be in the thirty and seventh year to the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babel in the year of his reigning lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the house of shutting up.
Psalm 113:7-8
Raising up the poor from the dust, he will lift up the needy from the dunghill.
Jeremiah 39:6-7
And the king of Babel will slaughter the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: and all the nobles of Judah the king of Babel slaughtered.
Jeremiah 52:9-11
And they will seize the king and they will bring him up to the king of Babel to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he will speak judgment with him.
Jeremiah 52:31-34
And it will be in the thirty and seventh year to the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth to the month, Evil Merodach, king of Babel, in the year of his reigning lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him forth from the house of the prison,
Lamentations 5:16
The crown of our head fell: wo! now to us, for we sinned.
Ezekiel 12:12-13
And the prince which is in the midst of them shall lift up upon the shoulder in thick darkness, and go forth: they shall break through into the wall to bring forth by it: he shall cover his face so that be shall not see the earth with the eye.