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Job 40:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.


Job 40:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 40:127 words
HebrewMeaning
רְאֵ֣הrəʾēh
seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
כָלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
גֵּ֭אֶהgēʾeh
proud personadjH1343
הַכְנִיעֵ֑/הוּhakəniyʿēhw
humble himverbH3665
into subjection · under · humble · subdue
וַ/הֲדֹ֖ךְwahădōkə
and tread downconjH1915
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תַּחְתָּֽ/םtaḥətām
in place theirpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 40:12

Look on all the proud, and confound them, and I tread down the wicked in their place. Thou understandest, As I. For the proud are confounded at the look of the Lord, either here, by His mercy, when acknowledging and condemning their faults, or there, by suffering punishments from His justice. But pride itself is the place of the wicked; for, since it is written, Pride is the beginning of all sin, it is comprised in that place, whence impiety arises; although impiety hardly…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 32 §10
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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