2 Samuel 22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Samuel 22:28 in other translations
| BSB | You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. |
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| WEB | You will save the afflicted people, but your eyes are on the arrogant, that you may bring them down. |
| ASV | And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
| YLT | And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall. |
| DARBY | And the afflicted people thou dost save; And thine eyes are upon the haughty, whom thou bringest down. |
| BBE | For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low. |
| Webster | And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thy eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
2 Samuel 22:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:28
- Psalms 72:12-13
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
- Isaiah 5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
- James 4:6-7
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Job 40:11-12
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
- Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Exodus 3:7-8
And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Isaiah 2:11-12
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:
- Psalms 138:6
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
- Isaiah 37:28-29
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- 1 Peter 5:5-6
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
- Psalms 140:12
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 22:27
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- 2 Samuel 22:28
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
- 2 Samuel 22:29
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
2 Samuel 22:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tú salvas al pueblo humilde; mas tus ojos sobre los altivos, para abatirlos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu sauveras le peuple affligé, et tes yeux sont sur les hautains, et tu les abaisses. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du wirst retten das elende Volk; aber deine Augen sind wider die Hoffärtigen, die du erniedrigen wirst. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et populum pauperem salvum facies: oculisque tuis excelsos humiliabis. |