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The Day of Reckoning

Isaiah 2:9

In 11 translations

BSB
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
KJV
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
WEB
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.
ASV
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
LSV
And the low bows down, and the high is humbled, || And You do not accept them.
YLT
And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
DBY
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!
DRC
And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
GNV
And a man bowed himselfe, and a man humbled himselfe: therefore spare them not.
JPS
And man boweth down, and man lowereth himself; and Thou canst not bear with them.
LXXE
And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשַּׁ֥ח אָדָ֖ם וַיִּשְׁפַּל־אִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֖א לָהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔκυψεν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἐταπεινώθη ἀνήρ, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀνήσω αὐτούς.

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  • Isaiah 5:15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
  • Joshua 24:19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  • Jeremiah 18:23But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
  • Nehemiah 4:5Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
  • Mark 3:29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
  • Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
  • Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  • Colossians 2:23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Psalms 49:2both low and high, rich and poor alike.
  • Isaiah 57:9You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
  • Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
  • Colossians 2:18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
  • Revelation 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on…
  • Jeremiah 5:4–5Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD,…

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