Job 40:12

“Look on everyone [that is] proud, [and] bring him low, etc.] As the Lord often does; (see <230211>Isaiah 2:11,12); this is the same as before; and tread down the wicked in their place; the same with the proud, for pride makes men wicked; it is a sin, and very odious in the sight of God, and is highly resented by him; he resists the proud: now Job is bid, when he has brought proud men low, and laid their honour in the dust, to keep them there, to trample upon them, and tread them as mire in the street; and that in their own place, or wherever he should find them; the Septuagint render it “immediately”; (see <232803>Isaiah 28:3).”

“proud--high (Dan 4:37). in their place--on the spot; suddenly, before they can move from their place. (See on Job 34:26; Job 36:20).”

“And tread down the wicked in their place - Even in the very place where they are, crush them to the dust, as God can. It is implied that God was able to do this, and he appeals to it as a proof of his power. return to 'Top of Page'”

“tread: Psa 60:12; Pro 15:25; Isa 10:6; Zac 10:5; Mal 4:3; Rom 16:20 in: Job 36:20; Ecc 11:3; Act 1:25 Job 40:13”