Job 40 · Verse 11

Job 40:11

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job 40:11, King James Version

Job 40:11 in other translations

BSBUnleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
WEBPour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
ASVPour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
YLTScatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
DARBYCast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
BBELet your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
WebsterCast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

What does Job 40:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. rage--rather, pour out the redundant floods of, &c. behold--Try, canst thou, as God, by a mere glance abase the proud (Is 2:12, &c.)?

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:6-14

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…

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Job 40:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָ֭פֵץHa.fetzscatterH6327
עֶבְר֣וֹתev.Rot[the] furi<es> ofH5678
אַפֶּ֑ךָ'a.Pe.khaanger yourH639
וּרְאֵ֥הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200
כָל\־khol-everyH3605
גֵּ֝אֶ֗הge.'Ehproud [person]H1343
וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ\׃ve.hash.pi.Le.huand bring low himH8213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 40:11

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Isaiah 2:11-12

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  • Isaiah 2:17

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  • Isaiah 10:12-19

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. …

  • Job 27:22

    For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

  • Luke 18:14

    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Exodus 18:11

    Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

  • Isaiah 42:25

    Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Cast.
20:23; 27:22; De 32:22; Ps 78:49,50; 144:6; Ro 2:8,9
behold.
Ex 9:16,17; 15:6; 18:11; Isa 2:11,12,17; 10:12-19; Eze 28:2
Da 4:37; 5:20-23; Ob 1:3,4; Mal 4:1; Lu 18:14; Ac 12:22,23; Jas 4:6
1Pe 5:5,6

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Context

  • Job 40:10

    Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

  • Job 40:11

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

  • Job 40:12

    Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

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Job 40:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí ahora que su fuerza está en sus lomos, y su fortaleza en el ombligo de su vientre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Répands les fureurs de ta colère, et regarde tout ce qui s’élève et abaisse-le;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sieh doch, seine Kraft ist in seinen Lenden, und seine Stärke in den Muskeln seines Bauches.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.