Job 40:12
Look on every one who is high, and humble him, yea tread down the lawless, on the spot:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
13Hide them in the dust all together, Their faces, bind thou in darkness;
Cross References
Job 36:20Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be filled with a downpour, upon the earth, will they empty themselves, and, if a tree fall in the south or in the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there will it be found.
Isaiah 13:11And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity!, And upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low.
Zechariah 10:5So shall they become like mighty ones, trampling on the mire of lanes, in battle, and they will fight because, Yahweh, is with them,—and will abash the riders of horses.
Acts 1:25To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas went aside, to go his way unto 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 →