Job 40:12
Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
Free Bible 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
11Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
13Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
Cross References
Job 36:20Do not long for the night when people are suddenly taken away.
Psalms 94:2Stand up, judge of the earth, and pay back those who are proud what they deserve.
Ecclesiastes 11:3When the clouds are full they pour rain down upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the north or to the south, it stays where it fell.
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sin, says the Lord. I will put an end to the conceit of the arrogant, and I will humiliate tyrants and their pride.
Zechariah 10:5They will be like warriors going into battle, trampling their enemies in the mud. Because the Lord is with them they will fight and defeat the enemy cavalry.
Acts 1:25to replace Judas as an apostle in this ministry that he gave up to go to where he belongs.”
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 →