Job 40:12
See every proud one — humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
Young's Literal Translation
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
11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
13Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
Cross References
Job 36:20Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Psalms 94:2Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Ecclesiastes 11:3If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.
Isaiah 13:11And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.
Zechariah 10:5And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.
Acts 1:25to receive the share of this ministration and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, did fall, to go on to his proper 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 →