Job 40:12
Bring down also the proud man; 1 And consume at once the ungodly. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
11And send forth messengers with wrath; 1 And lay low every haughty one. 1
13And hide them together in the earth; 1 And fill their faces with shame. 1
Cross References
Job 36:20And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, 1 So that the people should go up instead of them. 1
Psalms 94:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, 1 And make a joyful noise to him with psalms. 1
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be filled with rain, 1 They pour it out upon the earth: 1 And if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, 1 In the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be. 1
Isaiah 13:11And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
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 →