Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 40:12
Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
12. in their place ] That is, where they stand; suddenly and on the spot, comp. ch. Job 34:26.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And tread down the wicked in their place – Even in the very place where they are, crush them to the dust, as God can. It is implied that God was able to do this, and he appeals to it as a proof of his power.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Either,
1. Wheresoever they are. Or,
2. Where they are in their greatest strength and glory, and therefore are most secure and confident. Or,
3. Forthwith, upon the spot, that the quickness and immediateness of the strike may discover that it comes from a Divine hand.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
12. proudhigh (Da4:37).
in their placeon thespot; suddenly, before they can move from their place. (See on Job34:26; Job 36:20).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Look on everyone [that is] proud, [and] bring him low,…. As the Lord often does; see Isa 2:11; 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 Isa 28:3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
12. In their place Same as Job 36:20. See note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 40:12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Ver. 12. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low ] This God doeth, Isa 2:11-12 ; Isa 2:17 ; Isa 5:15 . The builders of Babel, Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, Dioclesian, Attilas, and others, for instances. Amurath III, king of Turks, in the pride of his heart, styled himself, God of the earth, governor of the whole world, the messenger of God, and faithful servant of the great prophet. This proud prince was slain by a half dead Christian soldier, who, coming to crave his life of him after a battle, stabbed him in the bottom of his belly with a short dagger, of which wound that king and conqueror presently died. See Trapp on “ Job 40:11 “ (Turk. Hist.).
And tread down the wicked in their place
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44.
behemoth: probably the hippopotamus (Greek for river-horse).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
tread: Psa 60:12, Pro 15:25, Isa 10:6, Zec 10:5, Mal 4:3, Rom 16:20
in: Job 36:20, Ecc 11:3, Act 1:25
Reciprocal: Exo 14:24 – looked unto Exo 18:11 – proudly Jdg 4:17 – fled 2Sa 22:28 – but thine 1Ki 20:32 – Thy servant 2Ki 14:13 – took Amaziah 2Ch 28:19 – the Lord Neh 9:10 – they Job 26:12 – he smiteth Psa 7:5 – tread Psa 36:11 – foot Psa 59:11 – bring Psa 78:66 – And he Psa 94:2 – render Psa 101:5 – an high Psa 119:21 – rebuked Psa 138:6 – but the proud Pro 16:5 – that Pro 29:23 – man’s Isa 5:15 – the eyes Isa 10:12 – punish the fruit of the stout heart Isa 10:33 – and the haughty Isa 22:19 – General Isa 23:9 – to stain Jer 50:31 – O thou Eze 17:24 – have brought Eze 28:17 – I will cast Dan 4:24 – come Dan 4:37 – those that walk Dan 5:20 – when Mic 1:3 – and tread Hab 2:4 – his 2Co 10:5 – and every