Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.
New American Standard Bible
Yet He
But the
King James Version
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Holman Bible
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.
International Standard Version
Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.
A Conservative Version
For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.
American Standard Version
For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
Amplified
Though the Lord is exalted,
He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship];
But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.
Bible in Basic English
Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
Julia Smith Translation
If Jehovah is high, and he will see the humble one: and the lofty one he will know from far off.
King James 2000
Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knows from afar.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.
Modern King James verseion
Though Jehovah is high, yet He has respect to the lowly; but the proud He knows afar off.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.
NET Bible
Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.
New Heart English Bible
For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
The Emphasized Bible
Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty - afar off, doth he acknowledge.
Webster
Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
World English Bible
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.
Youngs Literal Translation
For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.
Themes
Christ » Compassion of » Condescension of
God » Examples of Leadership » Condescension of
God » To believers » To the humble
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the humble
Humility » They who have » Regarded by God
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 138:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Thankful Heart
5 And they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah, for great is the glory of Jehovah. 6 For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34
He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.
Psalm 113:5-6
Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high;
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them.
1 Samuel 2:7-8
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
Job 40:11-12
Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 139:2
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
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.
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 66:2
Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.
Ezekiel 28:2-9
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
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.
Daniel 5:20-24
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 1:48
For he has looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Luke 1:51-53
He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty ones in the thought of their heart.
Luke 14:11
for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
Luke 18:14
I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
Acts 12:22-23
And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
1 Peter 5:5-6
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.