To seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.
Parallel translations
- WEB that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
- KJV That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
- BSB to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
- NKJV That He may seat him with princes— With the princes of His people.
- NLT He sets them among princes, even the princes of his own people!
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Quick answer
God seats the once-lowly among princes, alongside the nobles of His people. He grants the humble surprising honor.
Overview
The one raised from the dust is given a place among the princes, a dramatic reversal of status by God's grace. It illustrates that honor comes from God, not human standing. Believers, once spiritually poor, are seated with Christ and made heirs of His kingdom (Ephesians 2:6; James 2:5).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- Phil 2:8–11And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
- Gen 41:41Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
- Ps 45:16Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
- Ps 68:13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
- Rev 5:9–10They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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