Job 40:11

11 Unleash your raging anger; look on all the proud and humble them.

Job 40:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 40:11

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath
Work thyself up into a passion, at least seemingly; put on all the airs of a wrathful and enraged king on a throne of state, whose wrath is like the roaring of a lion, and as messengers of death; pour out menaces plentifully, threatening what thou wilt do; and try if by such means thou canst humble the spirit of a proud man, as follows;

and behold everyone [that is] proud, and abase him;
look sternly at him, put on a fierce, furious, and menacing countenance, and see if thou canst dash a proud man out of countenance, and humble him before thee, as I am able; among the many instances of divine power the Lord settles upon this one, and proposes it to Job to try his skill and power upon, the humbling of a proud man.

Job 40:11 In-Context

9 Or do you have an arm like God; can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Adorn yourself with splendor and majesty; clothe yourself with honor and esteem.
11 Unleash your raging anger; look on all the proud and humble them.
12 Look on all the proud and debase them; trample the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them together in the dust; bind their faces in a hidden place.
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