Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.

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.

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 They will sing of the Lord’s ways,
for the Lord’s glory is great.
6 Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.
7 If I walk into the thick of danger,
You will preserve my life
from the anger of my enemies.
You will extend Your hand;
Your right hand will save me.


Cross References

Proverbs 3:34

He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.

James 4:6

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

Psalm 113:5-6

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods, because He did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth;
He humbles and He exalts.

Job 40:11-12

Unleash your raging anger;
look on every proud person and humiliate him.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.

Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.

Isaiah 2:11

Human pride will be humbled,
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 2:17

So human pride will be brought low,
and the loftiness of men will be humbled;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 28:2-9

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Daniel 5:20-24

But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.

Matthew 25:41

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

Luke 1:48

because He has looked with favor
on the humble condition of His slave.
Surely, from now on all generations
will call me blessed,

Luke 1:51-53

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Acts 12:22-23

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”

2 Thessalonians 1:9

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

1 Peter 5:5-6

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.

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