Job 40:12

12 Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks - make mincemeat of them!

Job 40:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 40:12

Look on everyone [that is] proud, [and] bring him low
As the Lord often does; see ( Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:12 ) ; this is the same as before;

and tread down the wicked in their place;
the same with the proud, for pride makes men wicked; it is a sin, and very odious in the sight of God, and is highly resented by him; he resists the proud: now Job is bid, when he has brought proud men low, and laid their honour in the dust, to keep them there, to trample upon them, and tread them as mire in the street; and that in their own place, or wherever he should find them; the Septuagint render it "immediately"; see ( Isaiah 28:3 ) .

Job 40:12 In-Context

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.
14 I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you - you can surely save yourself with no help from me!
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