Teks -- James 4:10 (NET)

4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

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Robertson: Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves

Humble yourselves ( tapeinōthēte ).

First aorist passive imperative of tapeinoō , old verb from tapeinos (Jam 1:9), as in Mat 18:4. The passive here has almost the middle or reflexive sense. The middle voice was already giving way to the passive. See 1Pe 5:6 for this same form with the same promise of exaltation.

Robertson: Jam 4:10 - He shall exalt you

He shall exalt you ( hupsōsei humas ).

Future active indicative of hupsoō , common verb from hupsos (height), used by Jesus in contrast with tapeinoō as here (Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11; Luk 18:14).

JFB: Jam 4:10 - in the sight of the Lord

As continually in the presence of Him who alone is worthy to be exalted: recognizing His presence in all your ways, the truest incentive to humility. The tree, to grow upwards, must strike its roots deep downwards; so man, to be exalted, must have his mind deep-rooted in humility. In 1Pe 5:6, it is, Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, namely, in His dealings of Providence: a distinct thought from that here.

JFB: Jam 4:10 - lift you up

In part in this world, fully in the world to come.

Clarke: Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord

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 humiliation of soul, and genuine repentance is performed as in the sight of God; for when a sinner is truly awakened to a sense of his guilt and danger, he seems to see, whithersoever he turns, the face of a justly incensed God turned against him

Clarke: Jam 4:10 - He shall lift you up

He shall lift you up - Mourners and penitents lay on the ground, and rolled themselves in the dust. When comforted and pardoned, they arose from the earth, shook themselves from the dust, and clothed themselves in their better garments. God promises to raise these from the dust, when sufficiently humbled.

Calvin: Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves,

10.Humble yourselves, or, be ye humbled. The conclusion of what is gone before is, that the grace of God then be ready to raise us up when he sees that our proud spirits are laid aside. We emulate and envy, because we desire to be eminent. This is a way wholly unreasonable, for it is God’s peculiar work to raise up the lowly, and especially those who willingly humble themselves. Whosoever, then, seeks a firm elevation, let him be cast down under a sense of his own infirmity, and think humbly of himself. Augustine well observes somewhere, As a tree must strike deep roots downwards, that it may grow upwards, so every one who has not his soul fixed deep in humility, exalts himself to his own ruin.

TSK: Jam 4:10 - Humble // he

Humble : Jam 4:6, Jam 4:7

he : 1Sa 2:9; Job 22:29; Psa 27:6, Psa 28:9, Psa 30:1, Psa 113:7, Psa 147:6; Mat 23:12; Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14; 1Pe 5:6

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Poole: Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves // In the sight of the Lord // And he shall lift you up

Humble yourselves: the same duty pressed again, only with respect to the more internal part of it, the debasement of the heart, lest they should rest too much in the outward exercises before mentioned. They did lift up themselves through pride and emulation, and he shows them the best way to the truest exaltation, viz. humility, Mat 23:12 Pro 15:33 18:12 .

In the sight of the Lord sincerely, as in the presence of the Searcher of hearts.

And he shall lift you up as to your outward state and enjoyments, so far as God sees good for you; but, however, in grace here, and glory hereafter, Luk 14:11 .

Gill: Jam 4:10 - Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord // and he shall lift you up

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 vileness, sinfulness, and wretchedness, and implore the grace and mercy of God in Christ, as did Abraham, Jacob, Job, Isaiah, Paul, and the publican; and when they walk humbly with God, acknowledging they can do nothing without him; owning their dependence on his grace, and ascribing all they have, and are, unto it:

and he shall lift you up; this is God's usual way to lift up the meek, and exalt those that humble themselves; he lifts them from the dunghill, to set them among princes; he gives them a place, and a name in his house, better than sons and daughters; he adorns them with his grace; he clothes them with the righteousness of his Son, he grants them nearness to himself; and at last will introduce them into his kingdom and glory.