Job 40:13

Job 40:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
• New International Version (NIV)Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

Context of Job 40:13

11Pour out the overflowings of your wrath, And look at everyone who is proud and make him low. 12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him, And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand. [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. 15“Behold now, Behemoth, which I created as well as you; He eats grass like an ox.

Job 40:13 word by word

טָמְנֵ֣ם בֶּעָפָ֣ר יָ֑חַד פְּ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם חֲבֹ֣שׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hideטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• them in the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• bindחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• their facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 40:13

• Job 14:13“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead); Death will be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, So that they have no dwelling [on earth].
• Isaiah 2:10Go among the rocks and hide in the dust From the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.
• Job 36:13But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline]; They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].
• Esther 7:8When the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even attempt to assault the queen with me in the palace?” As the king spoke those words, the servants covered Haman’s face [in preparation for execution].
• John 11:44Out came the man who had been dead, his hands and feet tightly wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and release him.”

Commentaries on Job 40:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Hide them in the dust together - Blend the high and the low, the rich and the poor, in one common ruin. Show them that thou art supreme, and canst do whatsoever thou pleasest. Bind their faces in secret - This seems to refer to the custom of preserving mummies: the whole body is wrapped round with strong swathings of linen or cotton cloth. Not only the limbs, but the very head, face, and all, are rolled round with strong filleting, so that not one feature…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Hide them in the dust together; - compare Isaiah 2:10. The meaning seems to be, that God had power to prostrate the wicked in the dust of the earth, and he calls upon Job to show his power by doing the same thing. And bind their faces in secret - The word “faces” here is probably used (like the Greek ́ prisōpa to denote “persons.” The phrase” to bind them,” is expressive of having them under control or subjection; and the phrase “in secret” may refer to…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Is 2:10). Abase and remove them out of the sight of men. bind ... faces--that is, shut up their persons [Maurer]. But it refers rather to the custom of binding a cloth over the faces of persons about to be executed (Job 9:24; Es 7:8). in secret--consign them to darkness.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:13

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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