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Job 40:12 KJV
Job · chapter 40 · verse 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 context
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- proudgêʼehloftyH1343 →
- Lookrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- lowkânaʻproperly, to bend the kneeH3665 →
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Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the same purport as before, Job 40:6. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14