2 Samuel 22:28

In 11 translations

BSB

You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

KJV

And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

WEB

You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down.

ASV

And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

LSV

And You save the poor people, || But Your eyes on the high cause [them] to fall.

YLT

And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall.

DBY

And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, [whom] thou bringest down.

DRC

And the poor people thou wilt save: and with thy eyes thou wilt humble the haughty.

GNV

Thus thou wilt saue the poore people: but thine eyes are vpon the hautie to humble them.

JPS

And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.

LXXE

And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.Or, upon the haughty.

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WLC

וְאֶת־עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תּוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינֶ֖יךָ עַל־רָמִ֥ים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν πτωχὸν σώσεις, καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπὶ μετεώρων ταπεινώσεις.

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• Psalms 72:12–13For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper. He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
• Isaiah 5:15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
• James 4:6–7But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Isaiah 2:11–12The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is…
• Exodus 3:7–8The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. I have come down to rescue them from the hand of…
• Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
• Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
• 1 Peter 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves,…
• Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
• Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Isaiah 37:28–29But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will…
• Isaiah 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to…
• Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
• Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

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