James 4:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you people.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant].

American Standard Version (1901)

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Common English Bible

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James 4:10 Cross References

Matthew 23:12

And whoever exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted [as important].

Luke 1:52

He has dethroned rulers and has exalted humble people.

Luke 14:11

For every person who exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted [as important].”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went back home right with God instead of the other man. For every person who exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted [as important].”

1 Peter 5:6

Therefore, be humble [in your actions] before God’s powerful authority, so that you may be exalted [by Him] at the proper time.