Psalms 49:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Both low and high, together rich and needy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.
  • Jas 2:1-7 : 1 My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment, 3 and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' -- 4 ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges. 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him? 6 and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats; 7 do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, `Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,' 17 because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?
  • 1 Sam 2:7-8 : 7 Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high. 8 He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause `them' to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah `are' the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.
  • Prov 22:2 : 2 Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all `is' Jehovah.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God. 5 I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; 11 for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

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    2Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all `is' Jehovah.

  • Ps 49:1
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  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

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  • 1 Sam 2:7-8
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    7Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

    8He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause `them' to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah `are' the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

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  • Jas 1:9-10
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    9And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,

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  • Eccl 10:6-7
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    6He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.

    7I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth.

  • Job 34:19
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    19That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

  • Prov 14:20
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    20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.

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    3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart `are' things of understanding.

  • Prov 1:14
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    14Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.'

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    7He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

    8To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

  • Job 3:19
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    19Small and great `are' there the same. And a servant `is' free from his lord.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 16:19
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    19Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

  • Ps 41:1
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  • Isa 29:19
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    19And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

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    11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.

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    41And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.

  • Eccl 5:8-9
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    8If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.

    9And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

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    6For high `is' Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

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    16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

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    11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high `in' safety.

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    52He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

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    23`With' supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

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    7The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender.

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  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • Job 24:4
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    4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16And I said, `Better `is' wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --

  • Jas 2:2-3
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    2for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

    3and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

  • Jas 2:5-6
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    5Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

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    2He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

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    22Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

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    15And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

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    5And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.