Other translations
American Standard Version
For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it does not proceed from the West neither from the wilderness of the mountains.
Darby Bible Translation
For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation come:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
God's Word
The [authority] to reward someone does not [come] from the east, from the west, or [even] from the wilderness.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert,
International Standard Version
For exaltation comes not from the east, the west, or the wilderness,
NET Bible
For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation;
New International Version
No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
New Living Translation
For no one on earth--from east or west, or even from the wilderness--should raise a defiant fist.
Webster's Bible Translation
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
The World English Bible
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
EasyEnglish Bible
Who has the power to judge people? Nobody from the east, or from the west, or from the desert can be judge.
Young‘s Literal Translation
For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- [is] elevation.
New Life Version
For honor does not come from the east or the west or from the desert.
The Voice Bible
There is no one on earth who can raise up another to grant honor, not from the east or the west, not from the desert. There is no one. God is the only One.
Living Bible
For promotion and power come from nowhere on earth, but only from God. He promotes one and deposes another.
New Catholic Bible
Do not rebel against heaven or speak with arrogance against the Rock.’ ”
Legacy Standard Bible
For one’s rising up does not come from the east, nor from the west, And not from the desert;
Jubilee Bible 2000
For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.
Christian Standard Bible
Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert,
Amplified Bible © 1954
For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion and lifting up.
New Century Version
No one from the east or the west or the desert can judge you.
The Message
Don’t raise your fist against High God. Don’t raise your voice against Rock of Ages. He’s the One from east to west; from desert to mountains, he’s the One.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Indeed, power to promote someone does not come from the east or from the west or from the wilderness.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
Good News Translation®
Judgment does not come from the east or from the west, from the north or from the south;
Wycliffe Bible
For (promotion cometh) neither from the east, neither from the west, neither from desert hills; (For judgement cometh not from the east, nor from the west, nor from the hills in the wilderness;)
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord and our God, victory doesn't come from the east or the west or from the desert.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
Common English Bible © 2011
Because what exalts someone doesn’t come from the east or west; it’s not from the south either.
Amplified Bible © 2015
For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation.
English Standard Version Anglicised
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Do not raise your horns against heaven! Do not speak with a stiff neck!”
New American Standard Bible
For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation;
The Expanded Bible
No one from the east or the west or the ·desert [wilderness] ·can judge you [comes exalting].
Tree of Life Version
Do not lift your horn up high. Do not speak with outstretched neck.”
Revised Standard Version
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
New International Reader's Version
No one from east or west or north or south can judge themselves.
BRG Bible
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don’t flaunt your strength so proudly; don’t speak arrogantly, with your nose in the air!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
For promotion cometh lo (not) from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.
Names of God Bible
The authority to reward someone does not come from the east, from the west, or even from the wilderness.
Modern English Version
For neither from the east nor west, nor from the wilderness comes victory.
Easy-to-Read Version
There is no power on earth that can make a person important.
International Children’s Bible
No one from the east or the west or the desert can judge you.
Lexham English Bible
For it is not from the east or the west and not from the south that lifting up comes,
New International Version - UK
No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.