1 Peter 5:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

Referenced Verses

• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Matt 23:12 : 12 ‹And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.›
• Prov 29:23 : 23 ¶ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Luke 1:52 : 52 He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 ‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
• Luke 18:14 : 14 ‹I tell you, this man went down to his house justified› [rather] ‹than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
• 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
• 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.
• 2 Chr 12:6-7 : 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is] righteous. 7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
• 2 Chr 12:12 : 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
• 2 Chr 30:11 : 11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 32:26 : 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, [both] he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.
• Jer 44:10 : 10 They are not humbled [even] unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
• 2 Chr 36:12 : 12 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God, [and] humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
• Ps 89:13 : 13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
• Ps 89:16-17 : 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 17 For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
• Jas 5:10 : 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• Rom 5:6 : 6 ¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Exod 3:19 : 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
• Job 36:22 : 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
• Ezek 21:6 : 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of [thy] loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
• Dan 5:22 : 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Exod 32:11 : 11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
• Lev 26:41 : 41 And [that] I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.