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2 Samuel 22:28

2 Samuel chapter 22 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.27With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

v.28This passage

v.29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 9:14

    For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

  • Exodus 18:11

    Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

  • Psalms 12:5

    Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

  • Proverbs 21:4

    A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.

  • James 4:6

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

  • Isaiah 2:17

    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.