1 Peter 5:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ:

Transliteration

Tapeinōthēte therefore under the krataian cheira of the Theou, in order that you hypsōsē in kairō:

Grammar Details

• *Tapeinōthēte*: aorist, imperative, passive, 2nd person plural - be humbled/humble yourselves
• *krataian*: accusative, feminine, singular - mighty/powerful
• *cheira*: accusative, feminine, singular - hand
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *hypsōsē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - may exalt/lift up
• *kairō*: dative, masculine, singular - in time/appointed time

Word Meanings

• *Tapeinōthēte*: humble yourselves/be humbled/submit
• *krataian*: mighty/powerful/strong
• *cheira*: hand/power [metaphorical for authority]
• *hypsōsē*: may exalt/lift up/elevate
• *kairō*: time/proper time/appointed time/due season

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Submit youre selves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god that he maye exalt you whe the tyme is come.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

Referenced Verses

• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• Matt 23:12 : 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
• Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Luke 1:52 : 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones and exalted the humble.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'
• Luke 18:14 : 14 'I tell you that this man went home justified before God rather than the other. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.'
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 But he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and its inhabitants—that they would become a desolation and a curse—and because you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
• 2 Chr 12:6-7 : 6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous." 7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them, but will grant them some deliverance. My anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
• 2 Chr 12:12 : 12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned away from him, and He did not completely destroy him. Furthermore, there were still good things in Judah.
• 2 Chr 30:11 : 11 Nevertheless, some people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 32:26 : 26 However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
• Exod 10:3 : 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The haughty eyes of mankind will be brought low, and humanity's pride will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
• Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: 'I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.'
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’
• Jer 44:10 : 10 To this day, they have not humbled themselves, nor have they feared me or walked in my law and my decrees that I set before you and your ancestors.
• 2 Chr 36:12 : 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 'Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring disaster during his lifetime; but in the days of his son, I will bring disaster on his house.'
• Ps 75:10 : 10 But as for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
• Ps 89:13 : 13 The north and the south, you created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing for joy at your name.
• Ps 89:16-17 : 16 Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout; LORD, they walk in the light of your presence. 17 In your name, they rejoice all day long, and in your righteousness, they are exalted.
• Jas 5:10 : 10 Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
• Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He is?
• Exod 3:19 : 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
• Job 36:22 : 22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
• Ezek 21:6 : 6 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
• Dan 5:22 : 22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
• Exod 32:11 : 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"
• Lev 26:41 : 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity,
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is quickly approaching.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer and how God was moved by his plea, all his sins and unfaithfulness, the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.