Luke 1:52
New International Version
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.

New Living Translation
He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble.

English Standard Version
he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

Berean Standard Bible
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

Berean Literal Bible
He has brought down rulers from thrones, and exalted the humble.

King James Bible
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

New King James Version
He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly.

New American Standard Bible
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.

NASB 1995
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.

NASB 1977
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.

Legacy Standard Bible
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.

Amplified Bible
“He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And exalted those who were humble.

Christian Standard Bible
he has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly.

American Standard Version
He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“He has cast down the mighty from thrones and has raised up the lowly.”

Contemporary English Version
God drags strong rulers from their thrones and puts humble people in places of power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.

English Revised Version
He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He pulled strong rulers from their thrones. He honored humble people.

Good News Translation
He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly.

International Standard Version
He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.

Literal Standard Version
He brought down the mighty from thrones, | And He exalted the lowly,

Majority Standard Bible
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

New American Bible
He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly.

NET Bible
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

New Revised Standard Version
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly;

New Heart English Bible
He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

Weymouth New Testament
He has cast monarchs down from their thrones, And exalted men of low estate.

World English Bible
He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

Young's Literal Translation
He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

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Context
Mary's Song
51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. 52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. 53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.…

Cross References
Job 5:11
He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.


Treasury of Scripture

He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

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Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

1 Samuel 2:4,6-8
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength…

Job 5:11-13
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety…

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(52) The mighty.--The word (that from which we get our English "dynasty") is applied to the eunuch "of great authority" under Candace, in Acts 8:27, and is used as a divine name in "the blessed and only Potentate" of 1Timothy 6:15. Here it is used generally of all human rulers.

From their seats.--Better, their thrones, as the word is for the most part translated. (Comp. Matthew 19:28, and in this very chapter, Luke 1:32.)

Of low degree.--The adjective is that from which the noun translated "low estate," in Luke 1:48, had been formed. . . .

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Greek
He has brought down
καθεῖλεν (katheilen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2507: (a) I take down, pull down, depose, destroy. From kata and haireomai; to lower demolish.

rulers
δυνάστας (dynastas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1413: (lit: a man who rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of the court. From dunamai; a ruler or officer.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

[their] thrones,
θρόνων (thronōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2362: From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.

[but]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

has exalted
ὕψωσεν (hypsōsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5312: (a) I raise on high, lift up, (b) I exalt, set on high. From hupsos; to elevate.

[the] humble.
ταπεινούς (tapeinous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5011: Humble, lowly, in position or spirit (in a good sense). Of uncertain derivation; depressed, i.e. humiliated.


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