Job 40:12
When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
11Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
13His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
Cross References
Job 36:20Be not carefull in the night, howe he destroyeth the people out of their place.
Psalms 94:2Exalt thy selfe, O Iudge of the worlde, and render a reward to the proude.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visite the wickednes vpon the worlde, and their iniquitie vpon the wicked, and I wil cause the arrogancie of the proud to cease, and will cast downe the pride of tyrants.
Zechariah 10:5And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Acts 1:25That he may take the roume of this ministration and Apostleship, from which Iudas hath gone astray, to goe to his owne 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 →