Job 40:12

Job 40:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
• New International Version (NIV)look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

Context of Job 40:12

10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty], And array yourself with honor and majesty. 11Pour out the overflowings of your wrath, And look at everyone who is proud and make him low. Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him, And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand. 13[Crush and] hide them in the dust together; Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death]. 14[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge That your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:12 word by word

רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• proudגֵּאֶהge'eh · proudH1343
• bring him lowכָּנַעkâna‛ · be humbleH3665
• and tread downהָדַךְhâdak · to tread downH1915
• the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563

Cross-references for Job 40:12

• Psalms 60:12Through God we will have victory, For He will trample down our enemies.
• Proverbs 15:25The Lord will tear down the house of the proud and arrogant (self-righteous), But He will establish and protect the boundaries [of the land] of the [godly] widow.
• Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My wrath To take the spoil and to seize the plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men Trampling down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; And they will fight because the Lord is with them, And the [enemies’] riders on horses will be shamed.
• Malachi 4:3You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,” says the Lord of hosts.
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The [wonderful] grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• Job 36:20Do not long for the night, When people vanish from their places.
• 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 it lies.
• Acts 1:25to occupy this ministry and apostleship which Judas left to go to his own place [of evil].”

Commentaries on Job 40:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And tread down the wicked in their place - Even in the very place where they are, crush them to the dust, as God can. It is implied that God was able to do this, and he appeals to it as a proof of his power.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace, much less rescuing us from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Job could not humble proud people without God's authority (Isaiah 2:11–12, 17; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5–6; Malachi 4:3; Romans 16:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. proud--high (Da 4:37). in their place--on the spot; suddenly, before they can move from their place. (See on Job 34:26; Job 36:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:12

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Commentaries on Job 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings