Isaiah Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
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BBE Isaiah 2:9

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
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DARBY Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!
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KJV Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
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WBT Isaiah 2:9


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WEB Isaiah 2:9

Man is brought low, And mankind is humbled; Therefore don't forgive them.
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YLT Isaiah 2:9

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And the mean man boweth down, etc. So Ewald and Kay; but most other commentators render, "Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and thou shalt not [or, 'canst not'] forgive them" (Rosenmüller, Lowth, Gcsenius, Knobel, Cheyne). The transition from narrative to threatening comes best at the beginning of the verse.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) And the mean man boweth down.--The English gives adequately the significance of the two words for "man"--in Hebrew, adam and ish. The Authorised Version applies the words to the prostrations of the worshippers of idols, whether of low or high degree; others refer them to the punishment of that idolatry: The mean man must be bowed down . . . the great man must be humbled.Therefore forgive them not.--As a prayer the words find a parallel in Psalm 69:27; Psalm 109:14, but the rendering adopted by Cheyne and others, And thou canst not forgive them, is perhaps preferable. The sin is treated as "a sin unto death," for which it is vain to pray (Isaiah 22:14).