Tree of Life Version
Job 40:12
12look at everyone who is proud and humble him; tread down the wicked where they stand.
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
10Then adorn yourself in majesty and dignity; clothe yourself in splendor and honor. 11Scatter the fury of your anger. Look at every proud person and bring him low; look at everyone who is proud and humble him; tread down the wicked where they stand. 13Hide them together in the dust bind their faces in the hidden place. 14Then I—even I will acknowledge 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:12
- Psalms 60:12Should it not be You, O God— who spurned us and no longer goes out with our armies?
- Proverbs 15:25Adonai tears down a proud man’s house, but He maintains the widow’s boundary.
- Isaiah 10:6I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men treading down muddy streets in war. They will fight, because Adonai is with them and will put horsemen to shame.
- Romans 16:20Now the God of shalom will soon crush satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.
- Job 36:20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their places.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full, they empty out rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to south or north, the tree lies wherever it falls.
- Acts 1:25to take the position in this office as emissary, from which Judah turned aside 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
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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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