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Job 40:12
12Yes, cause all the proud people to be humble. Knock down wicked people to the ground.
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
10If you think that you can do all this, show how great you are! Show everyone your power and your glory! 11Show everyone your great anger! Look at all the people who like to boast and bring them down low! Yes, cause all the proud people to be humble. Knock down wicked people to the ground. 13Bury them all together in the dust of the ground. Cover their faces and put them in their graves. 14If you can do these things, Job, I will praise you. I will agree that you have the power to save yourself.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:12 word by word
רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 40:12
- Psalms 60:12With God's help, we will win! He will beat down our enemies for us.
- Proverbs 15:25The Lord destroys the homes of proud men. But he keeps the land of widows safe.
- Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria's army against a nation that does not serve God. I command them to attack the people with whom I am angry. I tell them to take that nation's valuable things for themselves. I tell them to walk all over them, as if they were walking on dirt in the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like brave soldiers who march through the mud in the streets of their enemies. The Lord is with them and they will fight their enemies. They will pull down the soldiers from their horses.
- Malachi 4:3Then you will walk over the wicked people. They will be like ashes under your feet. That will happen on the day when I do these things.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
- Romans 16:20God gives us peace in our minds. He will quickly help you to win against the power of Satan. I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to be kind to you.
- Job 36:20Do not wait for the night to hide what you want to do. That is the time when people disappear from their homes.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3When clouds are full of water, rain will fall on the earth. If a tree falls to the ground, it will stay there, in the same place.
- Acts 1:25Which of these two men do you want to be an apostle instead of Judas? Judas left his work as an apostle. He has now gone to the place where he belongs.’
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
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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
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