King James Version
Isaiah 2:9 in the King James Version says “And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.”
Isaiah 2:9 · KJV
Their 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:
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the mean man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“humbleth”
H8213to depress or sink (especially figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
“and the great man”
H376a 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)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“himself therefore forgive”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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