Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
New American Standard Bible
And the man of importance has been abased,
But
King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Holman Bible
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!
International Standard Version
"So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and you won't forgive."
A Conservative Version
and [so] the common man bows down, and the great man degrades himself. Therefore do not forgive them.
American Standard Version
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
Amplified
So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].
Bible in Basic English
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
Darby Translation
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!
Julia Smith Translation
And man will bow down, and a man will humble himself, and thou shalt not lift up to them.
King James 2000
And man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.
Modern King James verseion
And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There kneeleth the man, there falleth the man down before them; but thou, O LORD, wilt not leave them unpunished.
NET Bible
Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!
New Heart English Bible
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore do not forgive them.
The Emphasized Bible
So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, - Therefore do not thou forgive them!
Webster
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
World English Bible
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.
Interlinear
Shachach
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Sins
8 And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made, 9 And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not. 10 Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:15
And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,
Psalm 49:2
Both low and high, together rich and needy.
Joshua 24:19
And Joshua saith unto the people, 'Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He is; a zealous God He is; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.
Nehemiah 4:5
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.
Psalm 62:9
Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.
Isaiah 27:11
In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it is not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
Isaiah 57:9
And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
And I -- I said, 'Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 18:23
And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me is for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!
Mark 3:29
but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness -- to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'
Romans 3:23
for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --
Colossians 2:18
let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and in worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
Colossians 2:23
which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body -- not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.
Revelation 6:15-17
and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,