Job 40:12
Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!
Noyes Bible
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
11Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!
13Hide them in the dust together; Shut up their faces in darkness!
Cross References
Job 36:20Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
Psalms 94:2Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
Ecclesiastes 11:3When the clouds are full of rain, they empty upon the earth; and when a tree falleth to the south or the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Isaiah 13:11For I will punish the world for its guilt, And the wicked for their iniquity. I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And I will bring down the haughtiness of the tyrants.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, Who tread down their enemies in battle as the mire of the streets, And they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them, So that the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Acts 1:25to take the part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.
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 →