Job 40:12

12 D'un regard humilie les hautains, Ecrase sur place les méchants,

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 Orne-toi de magnificence et de grandeur, Revêts-toi de splendeur et de gloire!
11 Répands les flots de ta colère, Et d'un regard abaisse les hautains!
12 D'un regard humilie les hautains, Ecrase sur place les méchants,
13 Cache-les tous ensemble dans la poussière, Enferme leur front dans les ténèbres!
14 Alors je rends hommage A la puissance de ta droite.
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