Job 40:11

11 Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat.

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 Do you have an arm like my arm? Can you shout in thunder the way I can?
10 Go ahead, show your stuff. Let's see what you're made of, what you can do.
11 Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat.
12 Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks - make mincemeat of them!
13 Dig a mass grave and dump them in it - faceless corpses in an unmarked grave.
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