Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

But God is the judge. He put one down, and lifts another up.

New American Standard Bible

But God is the Judge;
He puts down one and exalts another.

King James Version

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Holman Bible

for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.

International Standard Version

since God is the judge. This one he will debase or that one he will exalt.

American Standard Version

But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

Amplified


But God is the Judge;
He puts down one and lifts up another.

Bible in Basic English

But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

Darby Translation

For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another.

Julia Smith Translation

For God is judge: he will humble this, and this he will lift up.

King James 2000

But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

Lexham Expanded Bible

rather God [is the] judge; one he brings low, and another he lifts up.

Modern King James verseion

But God is the judge; He puts down one and sets up another.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And why? God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

NET Bible

For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

New Heart English Bible

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

The Emphasized Bible

For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;

Webster

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

World English Bible

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

Youngs Literal Translation

But God is judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Judges The Wicked

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, [comes] lifting up. 7 But God is the judge. He put one down, and lifts another up. 8 For in the hand of LORD there is a cup, and the wine foams. It is full of mixture, and he pours out of the same, surely [to] the dregs of it. All the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

Cross References

Psalm 50:6

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself. Selah.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou have rejected the word of LORD, he has also rejected thee from being king.

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and has given it to a neighbor of thine, who is better than thou.

1 Samuel 16:1

And LORD said to Samuel, How long will thou mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go. I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for me a king among

2 Samuel 3:17-18

And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you.

2 Samuel 5:2

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou who led out and brought in Israel. And LORD said to thee, Thou shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shall be prince over Israel.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said to Michal, [It was] before LORD, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play before LORD.

Psalm 58:11

so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.

Psalm 113:7-8

He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,

Psalm 147:6

LORD upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

Jeremiah 27:4-8

And give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus ye shall say to your masters:

Daniel 2:21-22

And he changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Daniel 2:37

Thou, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.

Daniel 5:18

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty.

Luke 1:52

He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.

John 15:16

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

Romans 11:15

For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's belly, and called me through his grace,

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