“And now, O יהוה my Elohim, You have set up Your servant to reign instead of my father Dawiḏ. But I am a little child, I do not know how to go out or to come in.
Proverbs 18:12 - The Scriptures 2009 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before esteem is humility. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour is humility. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor. American Standard Version (1901) Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility. Common English Bible Pride comes before a disaster, but humility comes before respect. Catholic Public Domain Version The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled. |
“And now, O יהוה my Elohim, You have set up Your servant to reign instead of my father Dawiḏ. But I am a little child, I do not know how to go out or to come in.
The fear of יהוה is the discipline of wisdom, And before esteem is humility.
Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!
The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem.
“Son of man, say to the prince of Tsor, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, ‘I am Ěl, I sit in the seat of Elohim, in the heart of the seas,’ whereas you are a man, and not Ěl, though you set your heart as the heart of Elohim!
“Would you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am Elohim’, whereas you are man, and not Ěl, in the hand of him who kills you?
“And the land of Mitsrayim shall become a desert and a waste. And they shall know that I am יהוה, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Yisra’ĕl, and presenting my supplication before יהוה my Elohim for the set-apart mountain of my Elohim,
“At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to make it known, for you are greatly appreciated. So consider the word and understand the vision:
For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.
In the same way, you younger ones, be subject to elders. And gird yourselves with humility toward one another, for “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”