Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Holman Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
International Standard Version
Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence, and he will exalt you.
American Standard Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
Amplified
Humble yourselves [with an attitude of repentance and insignificance] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up, He will give you purpose].
An Understandable Version
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you people.
Anderson New Testament
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Bible in Basic English
Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.
Common New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
humble your selves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
Darby Translation
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
Godbey New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.
Goodspeed New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up
John Wesley New Testament
Humble yourselves in the sight of God, and he will lift you up.
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye humbled before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
King James 2000
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Modern King James verseion
Be humbled before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Cast down yourselves before the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Moffatt New Testament
humble yourselves before the Lord, and then he will raise you up.
Montgomery New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, And he will raise you up.
NET Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
New Heart English Bible
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Noyes New Testament
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Sawyer New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
The Emphasized Bible
Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Webster
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Weymouth New Testament
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Williams New Testament
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you high.
World English Bible
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Worrell New Testament
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Worsley New Testament
Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Youngs Literal Translation
be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
Themes
Humbleness » The reward for humbling yourself
Humbleness » Humbling yourself before the lord
Humility » They who have » Lifted up by God
Law » The lord being the lawgiver
Topics
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in James 4:10
Images James 4:10
Prayers for James 4:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Subject Yourselves To God
9 Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look. 10 Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. 11 Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 23:12
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.
Job 22:29
When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.
Psalm 27:6
And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises to LORD.
Psalm 28:9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Psalm 30:1
I will extol thee, O LORD, for thou have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Psalm 113:7
He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,
Psalm 147:6
LORD upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
Luke 1:52
He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.
Luke 14:11
Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
James 4:6-7
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.
1 Peter 5:6
Therefore be lowered under the mighty hand of God, so that he may lift you up in time,