Job 40:12
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
World English Bible Catholic
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
11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
13Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
Cross References
Job 36:20Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Psalms 94:2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the arrogance of the terrible.
Zechariah 10:5They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because the LORD is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded.
Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas 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 →