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

11Give vent to your anger. Let it overflow against the proud. 12Humiliate the proud with a glance; walk on the wicked where they stand. Bury them in the dust. Imprison them in the world of the dead. 14Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you. 15“Take a look at Behemoth, which I made, just as I made you. It 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“I wish you would hide me in the grave and forget me there until your anger has passed. But mark your calendar to think of me again!
• Psalms 49:14Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.
• Isaiah 2:10Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty.
• Job 36:13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.
• Esther 7:8In despair he fell on the couch where Queen Esther was reclining, just as the king was returning from the palace garden. The king exclaimed, “Will he even assault the queen right here in the palace, before my very eyes?” And as soon as the king spoke, his attendants covered Haman’s face, signaling his doom.
• John 11:44And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told 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