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Isaiah 2:9

What does Isaiah 2:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 2:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

Context

v.8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

v.9This passage

v.10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

Cross references

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

  • Colossians 2:18

    Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

  • Joshua 24:19

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

  • Isaiah 5:15

    And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

  • Revelation 6:15

    And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

  • Isaiah 57:9

    And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

  • Nehemiah 4:5

    and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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