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

11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; 12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. 14Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. 15“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the 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“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
• Psalms 49:14They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.
• Isaiah 2:10Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!
• Job 36:13The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
• Esther 7:8When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, “Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!” As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
• John 11:44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

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

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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