Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.
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.
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 Its land is filled [with] idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what they made [with] their fingers. 9 So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them. 10 Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from the presence of the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:15
And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.
Psalm 49:2
both low and high, rich and poor together.
Joshua 24:19
But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he [is] a holy and jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
Nehemiah 4:5
Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have {provoked the builders to anger}.
Psalm 62:9
Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
Isaiah 27:11
{When its branches are dry}, they are broken; women [are] coming [and] setting light to it. For it [is] not a people of understanding; therefore his maker will not have compassion on him, and his creator will not show him favor.
Isaiah 57:9
And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.
Jeremiah 18:23
But you, Yahweh, you know {all their plans of assassination against me}. You must not make atonement for their iniquity, and you must not cause their sin to be blotted out from {before you}. But let them be overthrown {before you}. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
Mark 3:29
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Colossians 2:18
Let no one condemn you, taking pleasure in humility and the worship of angels, going into detail [about] [the things] which he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:23
which [things] {although they have}, to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value} against the indulgence of the flesh.
Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,