Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
A Conservative Version
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
American Standard Version
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And whoever exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted [as important].
Anderson New Testament
Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Common New Testament
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for whosoever exalts himself, shall be abased; and he that humbles himself, shall be exalted.
Darby Translation
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Godbey New Testament
But whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Goodspeed New Testament
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
Julia Smith Translation
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
King James 2000
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Modern King James verseion
And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.
Montgomery New Testament
"whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
NET Bible
And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Noyes New Testament
And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
Sawyer New Testament
and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
The Emphasized Bible
And, whoever shall exalt himself, shall be, abased, and, whoever shall abase himself, shall be, exalted,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and whosoever abaseth himself shall be exalted.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
Webster
And whoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.
Weymouth New Testament
and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.
Williams New Testament
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
World English Bible
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Worrell New Testament
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Worsley New Testament
and whosoever will humble himself shall be exalted.
Youngs Literal Translation
and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Themes
Abasement » Who shall be abased
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
Exaltation » Those that exalt themselves
Meekness » They who are gifted with » Are exalted
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pride » They who are guilty of, shall be » Abased
Topics
Interlinear
De
hostis
heautou
ἑαυτοῦ
heautou
himself, themselves, yourselves, ourselves, his, their, itself,
Usage: 249
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Seven Woes Pronounced On The Scribes And Pharisees
11 But let the greatest among you be your servant. 12 And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high. 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 14:11
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
Job 22:29
For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
Psalm 138:6
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
Matthew 5:3
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Luke 1:51-52
With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.