Luke 1:52
He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
In Context
51He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,
53The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Job 5:11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Psalms 107:40He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy — no way.
Ecclesiastes 4:14For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.
Amos 9:11In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.
Luke 18:14I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling 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 →