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Isaiah 5

Isa. 5:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the mean man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
shall be brought down
shachach (Hebrew #7817)
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
KJV usage: bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Pronounce: shaw-khakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the mighty man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
shall be humbled
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of the lofty
gaboahh (Hebrew #1364)
from 1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
KJV usage: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly.
Pronounce: gaw-bo'-ah
Origin: or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}
shall be humbled
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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the mean.
Isa. 2:9,11,17• 9And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
 11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:9,11,17)
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Isa. 9:14‑17• 14And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
 15The elder and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
 16For the leaders of this people mislead [them]; and [they that are] led by them are swallowed up.
 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on the fatherless and widows. For everyone [is] a hypocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still. (Isa. 9:14‑17)
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Isa. 24:2‑4• 2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
 3The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled: for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
 4The earth mourneth, it fadeth away: the world languisheth, it fadeth away; the haughty people of the earth do languish, (Isa. 24:2‑4)
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Psa. 62:9• 9Only a breath [are] lowborn men,{HR}A lie are highborn men;{HR}In a balance they go up less than a breath together. (Psa. 62:9)
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Jer. 5:4‑5,9• 4{i}And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God{/i}.
 5{i}I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God; but these have altogether broken the yoke, have burst the bonds.{/i}
 9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer. 5:4‑5,9)
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James 1:9‑11• 9But let the lowly brother glory in his elevation,
 10and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away.
 11For the sun arose with its scorching, and withered the grass, and its flower fell away, and the comeliness of its look perished: thus also will the rich one fade in his goings. (James 1:9‑11)
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Rev. 6:15‑16• 15And the kings of the earth and the great men and the chiliarchs and the rich and the mighty and every bondman and freeman hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
 16and they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (Rev. 6:15‑16)
the eyes.
Isa. 10:12• 12And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. (Isa. 10:12)
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Isa. 13:11• 11And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (Isa. 13:11)
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Isa. 37:23,29• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest. (Isa. 37:23,29)
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Ex. 9:17• 17{i}Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?{/i} (Ex. 9:17)
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Job 40:11‑12• 11Scatter abroad the outbursts of thine anger,{HR}See every proud one, and humble him;
 12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place; (Job 40:11‑12)
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Dan. 4:37• 37{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i} (Dan. 4:37)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the mean manh shall be bowed down, and the great manh brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

JND Translation Notes

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See Notes, ch. 2.9.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled: