Job 40:12
Look on every proud one, and bend him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Leeser Tanakh
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
11Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.
13Hide them in the dust altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.
Cross References
Job 36:20Desire then not eagerly the night, when nations pass away in their place.
Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they will empty it out upon the earth; and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, on the place where the tree falleth, there will it remain.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visit on the world its evil, and on the wicked their iniquity; and I will stop the arrogance of the presumptuous, and the haughtiness of the tyrants will I humble.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be like mighty men, treading down [their enemies] 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 made ashamed.
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 →