James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and as a result he will honor you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

In Context

9Be sorrowful and weep/mourn [DOU] because of the wrong things that you have done. Do not laugh [DOU], ◄ enjoying only what you selfishly/enjoying only what you yourselves► desire. Instead, be sad because you have done what is wrong.

11My fellow believers, stop saying evil things about one another, because those who say something evil about a fellow believer and are therefore condemning one who is like a brother to them are really speaking against the law that God gave us to obey. In this law, God commanded [MTY] us to love others, and those who say evil things about fellow believers, it is as though they are saying that we do not have to do what God commanded. If you (sg) say that you do not have to do what God commanded, you (sg) are not obeying God’s law. Instead, you (sg) are claiming that you have the authority to condemn others.

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Cross References

Job 22:29God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged.

Psalms 28:9Yahweh, save/rescue your people; bless those who belong to you. Take care of them like a shepherd takes care of his sheep [MET]; take care of them forever.

Psalms 113:7Sometimes he lifts poor people up so that they no longer sit in the dirt; he helps needy people so that they no longer sit on heaps of ashes

Matthew 23:12God will humble those who exalt themselves. And he will exalt those who humble themselves.”

Luke 14:11Also, remember this: God will humble those who exalt themselves. And he will exalt those who humble themselves.”

James 4:6It is because he is kind to us and he wants very much to help us. That is why ◄someone said/ King Solomon wrote► in the Scriptures, “God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble.”

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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