Psalms 75:6

75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert

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

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

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

75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

What does Psalms 75:6 mean?

Psalms 75:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּם (rûwm), מוֹצָא (môwtsâʼ), מַעֲרָב (maʻărâb).

Hebrew interlinear

For

promotionרוּםrûwm/room/H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

cometh

neither

from

the

east,מוֹצָאmôwtsâʼ/mo-tsaw'/H4161a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass)

nor

from

the

west,מַעֲרָבmaʻărâb/mah-ar-awb'/H4628the west (as a region of the evening sun)

nor

from

the

south.מִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

south:

Heb.

desert

Topics

Al-Taschith Pride Promotion Providence of God, the Psalms

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2 Chronicles 32:30

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 75:6 say?

Psalms 75:6 (King James Version) reads: "For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert"

Is Psalms 75:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 75:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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