8 He who had just supposed himself to have the waves of the sea at his bidding because he was so superhumanly arrogant, and who thought to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now brought to the ground and carried in a litter, showing to all that the power was obviously God’s, (WEB)
2 Maccabees 9:8
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2 Maccabees 3:27–29
27 When he had fallen suddenly to the ground, and great darkness had come over him, his guards picked him up and put him on a stretcher, (WEB) 28 and carried him—this man who had just now entered with a great retinue and all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, himself… (WEB) 29 … (WEB)
Sirach 17:31–32
31 What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil. (WEB) 32 He looks upon the power of the height of heaven, while all men are earth and ashes. (WEB)
Daniel 5:19–21
19 Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished. 20 But when his heart became arrog…
2 Maccabees 11:3–5
3 and to levy tribute on the temple, as on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year. (WEB) 4 He took no account of God’s power, but was puffed up with his ten thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his e… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 8:34–36
34 The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews as slaves, (WEB) 35 being through the help of the Lord humbled by them who in his eyes were held to be of least account, took off his glorious apparel, and passing through the country,… (WEB) 36 … (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 2:29–31
29 He reflected not that he was man, And reflected not on the latter end; (PSS) 30 He said: I will be lord of land and sea; And he recognized not that it is God who is great, Mighty in His great strength. (PSS) 31 He is king over the heavens, And judgeth kings and kingdoms. (PSS)
Greek Esther 16:11–13
11 Had so far forth obtained the favour that we shew toward every nation, as that he was called our father, and was continually honoured of all the next person unto the king. (KJV) 12 But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of our kingdom and life: (KJV) 13 … (KJV)
Isaiah 14:15–17
15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble, 17 who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, wh…
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