Job 40:13
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
In Context
12Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrily Crush wicked people quickly!
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9You will protect your loyal/faithful people [SYN], but you will cause the wicked to die [EUP] and descend to the dark place where dead people are. We do not defeat our enemies by our own strength;
Job 14:13“Yahweh, I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember that I am there.
Psalms 49:14They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. [PRS, MET] In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then those wealthy people will die and their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes.
John 11:44The man who had been dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his hands and feet, and a cloth was still around his face, but he came out! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” So they did that.
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 →