Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away.

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.

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 Let them sing about the Lord's deeds, for the Lord's splendor is magnificent. 6 Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away. 7 Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:34

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble."

Psalm 113:5-6

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

Job 40:11-12

Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

Isaiah 2:11

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

Ezekiel 28:2-9

"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.

Daniel 5:20-24

And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.

Matthew 25:41

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Luke 1:48

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

Luke 1:51-53

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Luke 18:14

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Acts 12:22-23

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

1 Peter 5:5-6

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

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