Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together, || Bind their faces in secret.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
In Context
12See every proud one—humble him, || And tread down the wicked in their place.
14And even I praise you, || For your right hand gives salvation to you.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He keeps the feet of His saints, || And the wicked are silent in darkness, || For man does not become mighty by power.
Job 14:13O that You would conceal me in Sheol, || Hide me until the turning of Your anger, || Set a limit for me, and remember me.
Psalms 49:14They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
John 11:44And he who died came forth, feet and hands being bound with grave-clothes, and his face was bound around with a napkin; Jesus says to them, “Loose him, and permit to go.”
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 →