Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; 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 recompense.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visit upon the world their evil, and upon the wicked their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the tyrants.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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 →