Luke 1:52
He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
In Context
51He has showed strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
53He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Job 5:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Psalms 107:40He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Ecclesiastes 4:14For out of prison he comes to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becomes poor.
Amos 9:11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Luke 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalts himself shall be brought low; and he that humbles himself shall 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 →