Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And the man of importance has been abased,
But
King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Holman Bible
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].
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.
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
Shachach
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Sins
8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
9
And the man of importance has been abased,
But
Cross References
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:
Psalm 49:2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Joshua 24:19
Then Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD, for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not allow your rebellions nor your sins.
Nehemiah 4:5
And do not cover their iniquity, nor let their sin be blotted out from before thee, for they have become angry against the builders.
Psalm 62:9
Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Isaiah 27:11
When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: women shall come and set them on fire: for this is not a people of understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.
Isaiah 57:9
And thou didst go to the king with ointment and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they have become foolish; for they do not know the way of the LORD nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 18:23
Yet, LORD, thou dost know all their counsel against me to slay me; do not forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
Mark 3:29
but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit shall never have forgiveness but is obligated to eternal judgment,
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and are made destitute of the glory of God,
Colossians 2:18
Let no one govern you according to their own will under pretext of humility and religion of angels, intruding into those things which they have not seen, vainly puffed up by their fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:23
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship and humility and neglecting of the body, but they have absolutely no value against the appetites of the flesh.
Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth and the princes and the rich and the captains and the strong and every slave and every free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains