Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Holman Bible
and haughty eyes are humbled.
International Standard Version
Humanity is brought low, and each one is humbled, while the eyes of the self-exalting are brought low.
A Conservative Version
And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is debased, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled,
American Standard Version
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
Amplified
So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance degraded,
And the eyes of the proud (arrogant) will be degraded.
Bible in Basic English
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:
Julia Smith Translation
And man shall bow down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled.
King James 2000
And man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And humankind is bowed down, and man is brought low, and [the] eyes of [the] haughty are humiliated.
Modern King James verseion
And man is bowed down, and man is humbled and the eyes of the lofty are humbled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus shall man have a fall; he shall be brought low, and the high looks of the proud shall be laid down.
NET Bible
Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.
New Heart English Bible
So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
The Emphasized Bible
And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled, - Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.
Webster
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased.
World English Bible
So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
Youngs Literal Translation
And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 5:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woes On The Wicked
14 Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend into it, and her multitude, and her tumult, and all that is joyful within her. 15 And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low; 16 and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:9
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Exodus 9:17
Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Job 40:11-12
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
Psalm 62:9
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day:
Isaiah 9:14-17
And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day:
Isaiah 10:12
And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Isaiah 10:33
Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughs with violence; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;
Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will make the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the violent.
Isaiah 24:2-4
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
Isaiah 37:29
Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 5:9
Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Daniel 4:37
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
James 1:9-11
But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.
Revelation 6:15-16
And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;