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1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

KJV

ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖραν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ,

Greek NT

Humiliamini igitur sub potenti manu Dei, ut vos exaltet in tempore visitationis :

Vulgate

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

ASV

Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
κραταιός
krataios
adjective · 1×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ταπεινόω
tapeinoo
verb · 14×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὑψόω
upsoo
verb · 20×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:22 — Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
  • 1Kgs 21:29 — Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
  • 1Sam 3:18 — And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
  • 2Chr 12:6 — Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
  • 2Chr 12:12 — And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
  • 2Chr 30:11 — Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
  • 2Chr 32:26 — Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
  • 2Chr 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • 2Chr 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,
  • 2Chr 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • 2Chr 36:12 — And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
  • 2Kgs 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola
  • Dan 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
  • Deut 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great t
  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Exod 3:19 — And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
  • Exod 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
  • Ezek 17:21 — And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
  • Ezek 21:6 — Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
  • Heb 12:9 — Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Isa 2:11 — 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.
  • Isa 39:8 — Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
  • Isa 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
  • Isa 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t
  • Jas 1:9 — Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
  • Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • Jas 4:10 — Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
  • Jas 4:10 — Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
  • Jas 5:10 — Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
  • Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
  • Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
  • Jer 44:10 — They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
  • Jer 44:10 — They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
  • Job 1:20 — Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
  • Job 30:21 — Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
  • Job 36:22 — Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
  • Lev 26:41 — And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their ini
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.