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Cast Your Cares on Him

1 Peter 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
KJV
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
WEB
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
ASV
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
LSV
be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that He may exalt you in good time,
YLT
be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,
DBY
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in [the due] time;Elohim
DRC
Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation:
GNV
Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
RP2018
Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
TR-Boyd
Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,
SCR1894
ταπεινωθητε ουν υπο την κραταιαν χειρα του θεου ινα υμας υψωση εν καιρω

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  • James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
  • Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
  • Matthew 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  • Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:26Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
  • 2 Chronicles 12:12Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  • Isaiah 40:4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
  • Jeremiah 44:10To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
  • 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn…
  • 2 Chronicles 12:6–7So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled…
  • Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Psalms 75:10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
  • Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…

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