Psalms 147:6

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

KJV

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

WEB

Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

ASV

Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

LSV

YHWH is causing the meek to stand, || Making the wicked low to the earth.

YLT

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

DBY

Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

DRC146:6

The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.

GNV

The Lord relieueth the meeke, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.

JPS

The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

LXXE146:6

The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.

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WLC

מְעוֹדֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br146:6

Ἀναλαμβάνων πρᾳεῖς ὁ Κύριος, ταπεινῶν δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἕως τῆς γῆς.

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• Psalms 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
• Psalms 146:8–9the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He…
• 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
• James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
• Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
• Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
• Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
• Psalms 73:18–19Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 37:11But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
• 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
• Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
• 2 Peter 2:4–9For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its…

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