Job 36:22

36:22 Indeed, God is exalted in his power;

who is a teacher ¹  like him?

Psalms 75:10

75:10 God says, ² 

“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;

the godly will be victorious.” ³ 

Psalms 89:16-17

89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long,

and are vindicated ⁴  by your justice.

89:17 For you give them splendor and strength. ⁵ 

By your favor we are victorious. ⁶ 

Isaiah 40:4

40:4 Every valley must be elevated,

and every mountain and hill leveled.

The rough terrain will become a level plain,

the rugged landscape a wide valley.

Ezekiel 17:21

17:21 All the choice men ⁷  among his troops will die ⁸  by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!

Ezekiel 21:6

21:6 “And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart ⁹  and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

Matthew 23:12

23:12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 1:52

1:52 He has brought down the mighty ¹⁰  from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; ¹¹ 

James 1:9-10

1:9 Now the believer ¹²  of humble means ¹³  should take pride ¹⁴  in his high position. ¹⁵  1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. ¹⁶ 

[36:22]  ¹ tn The word מוֹרֶה (moreh) is the Hiphil participle from יָרַה (yarah). It is related to the noun תּוֹרָה (torah, “what is taught” i.e., the law).

[75:10]  ² tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in v. 10.

[75:10]  ³ tn Heb “and all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, the horns of the godly will be lifted up.” The imagery of the wild ox’s horn is once more utilized (see vv. 4-5).

[89:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “are lifted up.”

[89:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the splendor of their strength [is] you.”

[89:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “you lift up our horn,” or if one follows the marginal reading (Qere), “our horn is lifted up.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; 92:10; Lam 2:17).

[17:21]  ⁷ tc Some manuscripts and versions read “choice men,” while most manuscripts read “fugitives”; the difference arises from the reversal, or metathesis, of two letters, מִבְרָחָיו (mivrakhyv) for מִבְחָריו (mivkharyv).

[17:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “fall.”

[21:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “breaking loins.”

[1:52]  ¹⁰ tn Or “rulers.”

[1:52]  ¹¹ tn Or “those of humble position”

[1:9]  ¹² tn Grk “brother.” Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. TEV, NLT “Christians”; CEV “God’s people”). The term broadly connotes familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[1:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “the lowly brother,” but “lowly/humble” is clarified in context by the contrast with “wealthy” in v. 10.

[1:9]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “let him boast.”

[1:9]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “his height,” “his exaltation.”

[1:10]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “a flower of grass.”