Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

New American Standard Bible

So the common man has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But do not forgive them.

King James Version

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

Holman Bible

So humanity is brought low,
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!

International Standard Version

"So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and you won't forgive."

A Conservative Version

and [so] the common man bows down, and the great man degrades himself. Therefore do not forgive them.

American Standard Version

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

Amplified


So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].

Darby Translation

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

Julia Smith Translation

And man will bow down, and a man will humble himself, and thou shalt not lift up to them.

King James 2000

And man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.

Modern King James verseion

And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!

New Heart English Bible

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore do not forgive them.

The Emphasized Bible

So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, - Therefore do not thou forgive them!

Webster

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

World English Bible

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

Interlinear

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

שׁחח 
Shachach 
Usage: 21

and the great man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁפל 
Shaphel 
Usage: 31

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Israel's Sins

8 Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made. 9 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin. 10 Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:15

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:

Psalm 49:2

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.

Nehemiah 4:5

Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

Psalm 62:9

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

Isaiah 57:9

And you went to Melech with oil and much perfume, and you sent your representatives far off, and went as low as the underworld.

Jeremiah 5:4-5

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

Jeremiah 18:23

But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

Mark 3:29

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

Romans 3:23

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Colossians 2:18

Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,

Colossians 2:23

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

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