King James Version
Isaiah 2:11 in the King James Version says “The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exa...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The 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 2:11 · KJV
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
The 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.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“looks”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“shall be humbled”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“alone shall be exalted”
H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
“and the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“in that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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