New King James Version
Job 40:12
12Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand.
Context of Job 40:12
10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty. 11Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place. 13Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness. 14Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
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 60:12Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
- Proverbs 15:25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow.
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5They shall be like mighty men, Who tread down their enemies In the mire of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the Lord is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
- Malachi 4:3You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the Lord of hosts.
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- Job 36:20Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full of rain, They empty themselves upon the earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
- Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might 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
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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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