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Job 40:11–13

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40:11Scatter abroad11 the abundance12 of your anger.

Look at every proud man13 and bring him low;

40:12Look at every proud man and abase him;

crush the wicked on the spot!14

40:13Hide them in the dust15 together,

imprison16 them17 in the grave.18

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Footnotes

  1. 11 The verb was used for scattering lightning (Job 37:11). God is challenging Job to unleash his power and judge wickedness in the world.
  2. 12 Heb “the overflowings.”
  3. 13 The word was just used in the positive sense of excellence or majesty; now the exalted nature of the person refers to self-exaltation, or pride.
  4. 14 The expression translated “on the spot” is the prepositional phrase תַּחְתָּם (takhtam, “under them”). “Under them” means in their place. But it can also mean “where someone stands, on the spot” (see Exod 16:29; Jos 6:5; Judg 7:21, etc.).
  5. 15 The word “dust” can mean “ground” here, or more likely, “grave.”
  6. 16 The verb חָבַשׁ (khavash) means “to bind.” In Arabic the word means “to bind” in the sense of “to imprison,” and that fits here.
  7. 17 Heb “their faces.”
  8. 18 The word is “secret place,” the place where he is to hide them, i.e., the grave. The text uses the word “secret place” as a metonymy for the grave.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Pour out the overflowings of your anger,

and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low

and tread down the wicked where they stand.

Hide them all in the dust together;

bind their faces in the world below.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Unleash the fury of your wrath,

look at all who are proud and bring them low,

look at all who are proud and humble them,

crush the wicked where they stand.

Bury them all in the dust together;

shroud their faces in the grave.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Pour out your raging anger;

look on every proud person and humiliate him.

Look on every proud person and humble him;

trample the wicked where they stand.

Hide them together in the dust;

imprison them in the grave.

NLTNew Living Translation

Give vent to your anger.

Let it overflow against the proud.

Humiliate the proud with a glance;

walk on the wicked where they stand.

Bury them in the dust.

Imprison them in the world of the dead.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Pour out the overflowing of your anger,

and look at all the proud, and humble them.

Look at all the proud, humble them,

and tread down the wicked where they stand.

Hide them in the dust together;

bind their faces in the grave.

KJV 1900King James Version

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:

And behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;

And tread down the wicked in their place.

Hide them in the dust together;

And bind their faces in secret.