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

10Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour. 11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him: Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. 14Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

Job 40:12 word by word

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

• Lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• proudגֵּאֶהge'eh · proudH1343
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478

Cross-references for Job 40:12

• Psalms 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
• Proverbs 15:25Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
• Malachi 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I prepare, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Romans 16:20But the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.
• Job 36:20Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
• Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
• Acts 1:25to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

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

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• Night-Monster
• Reed

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