He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- BSB He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- NKJV He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
- NASB “He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
- NLT His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones.
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God has shown mighty strength and scattered the proud. He overturns human arrogance.
Overview
Mary describes God's powerful acts in reversing the arrogant and self-exalting. The proud are scattered in the very schemes of their hearts. This theme of God humbling the haughty runs throughout Scripture and the gospel.
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- Ps 98:1O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Isa 52:10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
- 1 Sam 2:3–4Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
- Rom 1:21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Exod 15:6–7Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
- Isa 40:10Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
- Isa 63:12That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Job 40:9–12Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- Jer 48:29–30We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
- Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
- Ps 89:13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
- Ps 89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
- Ps 2:1–6Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Ps 118:15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
- 1 Sam 2:9–10He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- Isa 10:12–19Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Rev 18:8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
- Exod 15:9–13The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Deut 29:19–20And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
- 2 Cor 10:5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
- Gen 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Gen 6:5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Ps 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
- Ps 52:9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
- 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- Dan 5:25–31And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Ps 33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
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