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Gill's Exposition
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,.... Which is done, when men, before the Lord, and from their hearts, and in the sincerity of their souls, acknowledge their meanness and unworthiness, their…
Barnes' Notes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord - Compare Mat 23:12. See the notes at Jam 4:6. That is, be willing to take your appropriate place in the dust on account of your transgressions. This is to…
Adam Clarke
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord - In Jam 4:7 they were exhorted to submit to God; here they are exhorted to humble themselves in his sight. Submission to God's authority will precede…
The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly…
Cambridge Bible
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up Better, he shall exalt, so as to preserve the manifest allusion to our Lord's words as recorded in Mat 23:12; Luk 14:12; Luk 18:14.…
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