Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great,

不要在王面前妄自尊大；不要在大人的位上站立。

不可在君王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人的位上。

不可在君王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人的位上。

不可在王面前妄自尊大，不要占据大人物的位子。

你在君王面前，不可妄自尊大；也不可擅自站立在大人物中间。

你不要在王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人物的位上；

不要在王面前妄自尊大；不要在大人的位上站立。

不可在君王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人的位上。

不可在君王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人的位上。

不可在王面前妄自尊大，不要佔據大人物的位子。

你在君王面前，不可妄自尊大；也不可擅自站立在大人物中間。

不要在王面前妄自尊大；不要在大人物的位子上站着；

你不要在王面前妄自尊大，也不要站在大人物的位上；

勿自誇於王前、勿立於大人之位、

王公之前、毋自尊大、毋居高位。

勿於王前自尊、勿立於位大者位大者或作顯者之所、

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men;

Don’t brag in front of the king. Don’t claim a place among his great men.

Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.

Don’t boast about yourself before the king, and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Do not boast in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the same place as great people;

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great;

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

Don’t brag about yourself before the king, and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great[ men]:

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s house?”Saul answered,“ Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.

But Moses said to God,“ Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David,‘ Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’”In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

And David said to Saul,“ Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father’s clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.Saul thought,“ Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,“ You shall now be my son-in-law.”And Saul commanded his servants,“ Speak to David in private and say,‘ Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king’s son-in-law.’”And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said,“ Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?”

And Amaziah said to Amos,“ O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there,but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah,“ I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me,‘ Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

And Samuel said,“ Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”But the Lord said to me,“ Do not say,‘ I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me,“ Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”