Job 40:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 40:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 40:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 40:12 — KJV
“Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.”
— Job 40:12 (KJV)
Job 40:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 40:12
“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:12: one, bring, low
“And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. Helkathhazzurim: that is, The field of strong men”
Shares key themes with Job 40:12: every, one, low
“Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:12: one, bring, low
“And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:12: one, low, down
“Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:12: look, one, low
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