The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- KJV The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- BSB The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- NKJV The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord, And the poor among men shall rejoice In the Holy One of Israel.
- NLT The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the Lord. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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The humble and poor will increase their joy and rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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God's restoring work brings fresh joy especially to the lowly and needy. The reversal lifts up the humble who trust in the Lord rather than the proud. This anticipates the gospel's special grace to the poor in spirit, who find their joy in the Holy One, Christ himself.
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- Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Isa 61:1The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
- Matt 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- Ps 25:9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
- Matt 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Jas 1:9But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
- Matt 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Ps 37:11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Isa 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
- Ps 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
- Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Zeph 2:3Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
- 1 Pet 2:1–3Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
- Jas 3:13–18Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
- Jas 1:21Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- Isa 14:30The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.
- Eph 4:2with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
- Isa 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Phil 2:1–3If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,
- 1 Cor 1:26–29For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;
- Phil 3:1–3Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
- Isa 41:16–18You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
- Zeph 3:12–18But I will leave among you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in Yahweh’s name.
- Gal 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Ps 149:4For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
- Hab 3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- Isa 66:2For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
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