Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

A Conservative Version

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

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.

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Judges The Wicked

6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- is elevation. 7 But God is judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up. 8 For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

Cross References

Psalm 50:6

And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

1 Samuel 15:23

for a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.'

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel saith unto him, 'Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou;

1 Samuel 16:1

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

2 Samuel 3:17-18

And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, 'Heretofore ye have been seeking David for king over you,

2 Samuel 5:2

also heretofore, in Saul's being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.'

2 Samuel 6:21

And David saith unto Michal, ' -- Before Jehovah, who fixed on me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, and over Israel, -- yea, I played before Jehovah;

Psalm 58:11

And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

Psalm 113:7-8

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Psalm 147:6

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

Jeremiah 27:4-8

And thou hast commanded them for their lords, saying, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel,

Daniel 2:21-22

And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.

Daniel 2:37

'Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;

Daniel 5:18

thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

Luke 1:52

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

John 15:16

'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that 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 a reconciliation of the world, what the reception -- if not life out of the dead?

Galatians 1:15

and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called me through His grace --

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