Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The Lord will tear down the house of the proud,
But He will establish the boundary of the widow.

King James Version

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

Holman Bible

The Lord destroys the house of the proud,
but He protects the widow’s territory.

International Standard Version

The house of the proud the LORD will demolish, but he will protect the widow's boundary line.

A Conservative Version

LORD will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

Amplified


The Lord will tear down the house of the proud and arrogant (self-righteous),
But He will establish and protect the boundaries [of the land] of the [godly] widow.

Bible in Basic English

The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

Darby Translation

Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

Julia Smith Translation

The house of the proud will Jehovah sweep away, and he will set up the bound of the widow.

King James 2000

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the boundary of the widow.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah will destroy the house of the proud, but He will set up the border of the widow.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD will break down the house of the proud; but he shall make fast the borders of the widow.

NET Bible

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

The Emphasized Bible

The house of proud men, will Yahweh tear down, but he will maintain the boundary of the widow.

Webster

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

World English Bible

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

Youngs Literal Translation

The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
will destroy
נסח 
Nacach 
Usage: 4

the house
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

of the proud
גּאה 
Ge'eh 
Usage: 8

but he will establish
נצב 
Natsab 
Usage: 75

the border
גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Wise Son Brings Blessings To Others

24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath. 25 The Lord will tear down the house of the proud,
But He will establish the boundary of the widow.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but gracious words are pure.

Cross References

Psalm 146:9

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Psalm 68:5-6

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Proverbs 14:11

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,

Deuteronomy 10:17-18

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Deuteronomy 19:14

"You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Job 40:11-13

Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 138:6

For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

Isaiah 2:12

For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up--and it shall be brought low;

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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