Job 40:12

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“Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.”

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BSBPD

“Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“See every proud one--humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 40:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
  2. Job 36:20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
  3. Psalms 60:12With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
  4. Psalms 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
  5. Proverbs 15:25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
  6. Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
  7. Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
  8. Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
  9. Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
  10. Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle,trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.They will fight because the LORD is with them,and they will put the horsemen to shame.
  11. Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  12. Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
  13. Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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