Luke 1:52
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
In Context
53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
Job 5:11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
Psalms 107:40He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Ecclesiastes 4:14For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:40-57
The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me,… Read the whole commentary →