Isaiah 2:9
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
And the meane man boweth downe, and the great man humbleth himselfe; therefore forgiue them not.
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- Isaiah 5:15Rank 1 from verse 9
- Isaiah 27:11Rank 2 from verse 9
11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
11When the boughes thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no vnderstanding: therefore hee that made them will not haue mercie on them, and hee that formed them, will shewe them no fauour.
- Jeremiah 18:23Rank 3 from verse 9
23Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
23†Yet LORD thou knowest all their counsell against me to slay mee: forgiue not their iniquitie, neither blot out their sinne from thy sight, but let them bee ouerthrowen before thee, deale thus with them in the time of thine anger.
- Joshua 24:19Rank 4 from verse 9
19And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
19And Ioshua said vnto the people, Ye cannot serue the LORD: for hee is an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will not forgiue your transgressions nor your sinnes.
- Nehemiah 4:5Rank 6 from verse 9
- Romans 3:23Rank 7 from verse 9
- Colossians 2:23Rank 8 from verse 9
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
23Which things haue in deed a shew of wisedome in will-worship and humilitie, and ‖neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
- Isaiah 57:9Rank 9 from verse 9
9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
9‖And thou wentest to the king with oyntment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers farre off, and didst debase thy selfe euen vnto hell.
- Psalms 49:2Rank 10 from verse 9
- Psalms 62:9Rank 11 from verse 9
- Colossians 2:18Rank 12 from verse 9
18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
18Let no man ‖beguile you of your reward, †in a voluntary humilitie, and worshipping of Angels, intruding into those things which hee hath not seene, vainely puft vp by his fleshly minde:
- Jeremiah 5:4–5Rank 13 from verse 9
4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
4Therefore I said, Surely these are poore, they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the iudgement of their God.
5I wil get me vnto the great men, and will speake vnto them, for they haue knowen the way of the LORD, and the iudgement of their God: but these haue altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bondes.
- Revelation 6:15–17Rank 14 from verse 9
15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chiefe captaines, and the mighty men, and euery bondman, and euery free man, hid themselues in the dennes, and in the rockes of the mountaines,
16And said to the mountaines and rockes, *Fall on vs, and hide vs from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe:
17For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
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Isaiah 2:9
Sense 1: To intend, purpose, signify, or have in view; lowly, common, or of little worldly distinction, with ‘no mean’ indicating the opposite; middle or intervening, as in the mean time. Sense 2: A means, instrument, method, or agency by which something is done.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Makes humble or brings low.
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To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.
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2:6¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
2:6¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Iacob; because they be replenished ‖from the East, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they ‖please themselues in the children of strangers.
2:7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
2:7Their land also is full of siluer and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures: their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end of their charets.
2:8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
2:8Their land also is full of idoles: they worship the worke of their owne hands, that which their owne fingers haue made.
2:9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
2:9And the meane man boweth downe, and the great man humbleth himselfe; therefore forgiue them not.
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