KJV King James Version
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So 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,
WEB World English Bible
The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
ASV American Standard Version
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 2
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up,
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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וְשַׁח֙H7817 · sha.chachto bowגַּבְה֣וּתH1365 · gav.huthaughtinessהָאָדָ֔םH120 · a.dammanוְשָׁפֵ֖לH8213 · sha.phelto abaseר֣וּםH7312 · rumheightאֲנָשִׁ֑יםH582 · e.noshhumanוְנִשְׂגַּ֧בH7682 · sa.gavto exaltיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְבַדּ֖וֹH905 · badalone: poleבַּיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַהֽוּא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Jeremiah 48:29-30We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.Ezekiel 28:2-7Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart [is] lifted up, and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou [art] a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
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