Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
In Context
11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Cross References
Job 36:20Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Isaiah 13:11And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Acts 1:25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:7-15
Divine Justice and Power; God's Dominion over the Proud. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:… Read the whole commentary →