Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

King James Version

Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Holman Bible

Though the Lord is exalted,
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.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

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.

Context Readings

A Thankful Heart

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. 6 For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.


Cross References

Proverbs 3:34

Surely he scorns the scorners; but he gives grace unto the humble.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

Psalm 113:5-6

Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high,

Isaiah 57:15

For thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is The Holy One; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they dealt proudly he prevailed against them.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and lifts up.

Job 40:11-12

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down.

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 sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD 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 made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, by my hand has these things been, said the LORD; but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at my word.

Ezekiel 28:2-9

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because thy heart has lifted thee up and thou hast said, I am God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas (yet thou art man, and not God); and thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and build up and glorify the King of heaven because all his works are truth, and his ways judgment: and he is able to humble those that walk with arrogance.

Daniel 5:20-24

But when his heart made itself arrogant, and his spirit hardened itself in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him:

Matthew 25:41

Then he shall also say unto those who shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;

Luke 1:48

for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden; for, behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed.

Luke 1:51-53

He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luke 14:11

For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for anyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Acts 12:22-23

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of god, and not of man.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

who shall be punished with eternal destruction by the presence of the Lord and by the glory of his power,

1 Peter 5:5-6

Likewise, young people, be subject to the elders in such a manner that you are all subject to one another. Be clothed with humility of will, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.

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