Job 40:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

Transliteration

rəʾēh kol-gēʾeh haknîʿēhû wă-hădōk rəšāʿîm taḥtām

Grammar Details

• *rəʾēh*: qal imperative, masculine singular - see, look at
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of, every
• *gēʾeh*: adjective, masculine singular - proud, haughty
• *haknîʿēhû*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - bring him low
• *wă-hădōk*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine singular - and crush, tread down
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *taḥtām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - under them

Word Meanings

• *rəʾēh*: to see, look at, inspect, perceive
• *gēʾeh*: proud, haughty, arrogant
• *haknîʿēhû*: to humble, subdue, bring low
• *hădōk*: to crush, tread down, trample
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked, criminal, guilty, hostile to God
• *taḥtām*: under, beneath, instead of

Referenced Verses

• Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
• Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Acts 1:25 : 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet {G1722} shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
• Job 36:20 : 20 Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
• Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
• Prov 15:25 : 25 Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.
• Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
• Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isa 13:11 : 11 And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.