Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn.

New American Standard Bible

“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn;

King James Version

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Holman Bible

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

International Standard Version

I will say to the proud, "Don't brag," and to the wicked, "Don't vaunt your strength.

A Conservative Version

I said to the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.

American Standard Version

I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Amplified


“I said to the arrogant, ‘Do not boast;’
And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn [of self-glorification].

Bible in Basic English

I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.

Darby Translation

I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Julia Smith Translation

I said to the foolish, Ye shall not be foolish; and to the unjust, Ye shall not lift up the horn:

King James 2000

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Lexham Expanded Bible

I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast!' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up [your] horn!

Modern King James verseion

I said to the proud, Do not boast; and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn;

NET Bible

I say to the proud, "Do not be proud," and to the wicked, "Do not be so confident of victory!

New Heart English Bible

I said to the arrogant, "Do not boast." I said to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.

The Emphasized Bible

I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;

Webster

I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

World English Bible

I said to the arrogant, "Don't boast!" I said to the wicked, "Don't lift up the horn.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

References

Hastings

Context Readings

God Judges The Wicked

3 The earth is weak, and all that is therein; but I bear up her pillars. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn. 5 Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck."


Cross References

Zechariah 1:21

Then said I, 'What will these do?' He answered, and said, 'Those are the horns, which have so strawed Judah abroad, that no man durst lift up his head: But these are come to fray them away, and to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lift up their horn over the land of Judah, to scatter it abroad.'

Psalm 82:2-8

How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah.

Psalm 89:17

For thou art the glory of their strength, and through thy favour shalt thou lift up our horns.

Psalm 94:8

Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?

Psalm 148:14

He exalteth the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him: the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Proverbs 1:22

"O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?

Proverbs 8:5

Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake ignorance, and ye shall live: and see that ye go in the way of understanding."

Daniel 7:20-21

I desired also to know the truth, as touching the ten horns that he had upon his head, and this other which came up afterward, before whose face there fell down three: which horn had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous things, and looked with a grimmer visage than his fellows.

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