Job 40 · Verse 12

Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Job 40:12, King James Version

Job 40:12 in other translations

BSBLook on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
WEBLook at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
ASVLook on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
YLTSee every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
DARBYLook on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
BBESend destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.
WebsterLook on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

What does Job 40:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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).

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 40:12 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.

רְאֵ֣הre.'EhseeH7200
כָל\־khol-everyH3605
גֵּ֭אֶהGe.'ehproud [person]H1343
הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּhakh.ni.'E.huhumble himH3665
וַהֲדֹ֖ךְva.ha.Dokhand tread downH1915
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
תַּחְתָּֽם\׃tach.Tamin place theirH8478

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

Cross references for Job 40:12

  • Isaiah 63:3

    I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

  • Malachi 4:3

    And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 60:12

    Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  • 1 Samuel 2:7

    The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

  • Zechariah 10:5

    And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Acts 1:25

    That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

  • Job 36:20

    Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:3

    If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

  • Proverbs 15:25

    The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

  • Isaiah 13:11

    And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

  • Romans 16:20

    And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tread.
Ps 60:12; Pr 15:25; Isa 10:6; Zec 10:5; Mal 4:3; Ro 16:20
in.
36:20; Ec 11:3; Ac 1:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Job 40:13

    Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

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Job 40:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Su cola mueve como un cedro, y los nervios de sus genitales son entretejidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Regarde tout ce qui s’élève et humilie-le, et écrase sur place les méchants;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er biegt seinen Schwanz gleich einer Ceder, die Sehnen seiner Schenkel sind verflochten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.