Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.
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 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 And their land is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. 9 And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up. 10 Enter into the rock and hide in the dust for fear of Jehovah, and for the glory of His majesty.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:15
And man is bowed down, and man is humbled and the eyes of the lofty are humbled.
Psalm 49:2
both sons of mankind, and sons of man, rich and poor together;
Joshua 24:19
And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Nehemiah 4:5
And do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You. For they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
Psalm 62:9
Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dried up, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore His Maker will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will not favor them.
Isaiah 57:9
And you went to the king with ointment, and increased your perfumes, and sent your messengers far off, and lowered yourself even to hell.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
So I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 18:23
Yet, Jehovah, You know all their counsel against me to kill me. Do not forgive their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from Your sight, but let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
Mark 3:29
But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never shall have forgiveness, but is liable to eternal condemnation.
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
Colossians 2:18
Let no one defraud you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, without a cause being vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:23
These things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed worship and humility, and unsparing severity of the body, but are not of any value for the satisfying of the flesh.
Revelation 6:15-17
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.