Job 40:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 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 people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain 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 shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Acts 1:25 : 25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• 1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
• Job 36:20 : 20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
• Ps 60:12 : 12 Through God we shall do{H8799)} valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down{H8799)} our enemies.
• Prov 15:25 : 25 The LORD will destroy 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 the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
• Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical 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.