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Psalms 75:6

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalms 75:6 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, `cometh' lifting up.

    ASV

  • For honour does not come from the east, or from the west, or uplifting from the south;

    BBE

  • For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation [come]:

    DBY

  • For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

    WEB

  • For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- `is' elevation.

    YLT

  • For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

    ENG

  • Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

    WBT

  • For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

    BSB

In context

4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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