James 4:10

New Living Translation

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Be humble before the Lord, and he will make you great.

Revised Standard Version
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Cast doune youre selves before the lorde and he shall lift you vp.

Hebrew Names Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

New American Standard Bible
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

New Century Version
Humble yourself in the Lord's presence, and he will honor you.

Update Bible Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

English Standard Version
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

World English Bible
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Humble yourselves in the sight of God, and he will lift you up.

Weymouth's New Testament
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye mekid in the siyt of the Lord, and he schal enhaunse you.

English Revised Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Berean Standard Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Contemporary English Version
Be humble in the Lord's presence, and he will honor you.

Amplified Bible
Humble yourselves [with an attitude of repentance and insignificance] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up, He will give you purpose].

American Standard Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Bible in Basic English
Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

Complete Jewish Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Darby Translation
Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

International Standard Version
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.Job 1:22:29; Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; 18:14; 1 Peter 5:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Be humbled before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Murdock Translation
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

King James Version (1611)
Humble your selues in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you vp.

New Life Bible
Let yourself be brought low before the Lord. Then He will lift you up and help you.

New Revised Standard
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

George Lamsa Translation
Humble yourselves before the LORD and he shall lift you up.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp.

Good News Translation
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Christian Standard Bible®
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

King James Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Lexham English Bible
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Literal Translation
Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Young's Literal Translation
be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE, and he shal lift you vp.

Mace New Testament (1729)
humble your selves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.

New English Translation
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

New King James Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Be willing to do anything and everything for the outfit without complaint or grumble and the Boss will make you a top hand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Contextual Overview

¹ What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires at war within you? ² You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. ³ And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. ⁴ You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. ⁵ Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him. ⁶ And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." ⁷ So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. ⁹ Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Humble: James 4:6, James 4:7

he: 1 Samuel 2:9, Job 22:29, Psalms 27:6, Psalms 28:9, Psalms 30:1, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 147:6, Matthew 23:12, Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14, 1 Peter 5:6

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:3 - humble Deuteronomy 8:2 - to humble 1 Samuel 2:7 - bringeth 2 Samuel 12:22 - I fasted 2 Chronicles 7:14 - humble 2 Chronicles 12:6 - humbled 2 Chronicles 30:11 - humbled themselves 2 Chronicles 32:26 - Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 33:12 - humbled 2 Chronicles 36:12 - humbled Job 33:17 - hide Psalms 10:17 - humble Proverbs 6:3 - go Proverbs 15:33 - and Proverbs 22:4 - By Jeremiah 13:15 - be Jeremiah 13:18 - Humble Lamentations 5:15 - our dance Matthew 5:3 - the poor Matthew 18:4 - humble Luke 1:52 - put Luke 7:6 - for 2 Corinthians 7:7 - mourning Hebrews 12:9 - shall we not

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."

Genesis 4:9
Afterward the Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "I don't know," Cain responded. "Am I my brother's guardian?"

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!

Genesis 9:5
"And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person's life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.

Genesis 18:20
So the Lord told Abraham, "I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.

Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord told him, "I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

Numbers 35:33
This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.

Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord , the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me."

2 Kings 9:26
‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the Lord , for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.' So throw him out on Naboth's property, just as the Lord said."

Job 16:18
"O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,.... Which is done, when men, before the Lord, and from their hearts, and in the sincerity of their souls, acknowledge their meanness and unworthiness, their vileness, sinfulness, and wretchedness, and implore the grace and mercy of God in Christ, as did Abraham, Jacob, Job, Isaiah, Paul, and the publican; and when they walk humbly with God, acknowledging they can do nothing without him; owning their dependence on his grace, and ascribing all they have, and are, unto it:

and he shall lift you up; this is God's usual way to lift up the meek, and exalt those that humble themselves; he lifts them from the dunghill, to set them among princes; he gives them a place, and a name in his house, better than sons and daughters; he adorns them with his grace; he clothes them with the righteousness of his Son, he grants them nearness to himself; and at last will introduce them into his kingdom and glory.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord - Compare Matthew 23:12. See the notes at James 4:6. That is, be willing to take your appropriate place in the dust on account of your transgressions. This is to be “in the sight of the Lord,” or before him. Our sins have been committed against him; and their principal aggravation, whoever may have been wronged by them, and great as is their criminality in other respects, arises from that consideration. Psalms 51:4, “against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.” Luke 15:18, “I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.” As the Being against whom we have sinned is the only one who can pardon, it is proper that we should humble ourselves before him with penitent confession.

And he shall lift you up - He will exalt you from the condition of a broken-hearted penitent to that of a forgiven child; will wipe away your tears, remove the sadness of your heart, fill you with joy, and clothe you with the garments of salvation. This declaration is in accordance with all the promises in the Bible, and with all the facts which occur on the earth, that God is willing to show mercy to the humble and contrite, and to receive those who are truly penitent into his favor. Compare Luke 15:22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord — In James 4:7 they were exhorted to submit to God; here they are exhorted to humble themselves in his sight. Submission to God's authority will precede humiliation of soul, and genuine repentance is performed as in the sight of God; for when a sinner is truly awakened to a sense of his guilt and danger, he seems to see, whithersoever he turns, the face of a justly incensed God turned against him.

He shall lift you up. — Mourners and penitents lay on the ground, and rolled themselves in the dust. When comforted and pardoned, they arose from the earth, shook themselves from the dust, and clothed themselves in their better garments. God promises to raise these from the dust, when sufficiently humbled.