Job 40:11
in Job 40Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
KJV
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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This verse in Job 40
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Job 40:10-11
A slanderer conspired against you. Sometimes he said to me, "Stretch out your hand now." He said to me, "Touch all that he has," and he added about you that "you would have cursed me to my face." But, on the contrary, you were victorious. Therefore I say to you, "Clothe yourself with glory. Abase the slanderer completely. Humiliate his angels. He was arrogant against you, but you destroy the arrogant. He was impious against you, but you strike him by lightning."
This site's exposition
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency
on Job 40:10-14
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency invites Job to try on God's own office for a moment, casting abroad the rage of his wrath and treading down the wicked in their place as though justice were simply a matter of strength applied. Delitzsch reads the invitation as ironic rather than literal, since no creature could survive wielding such power even for an afternoon. The unit closes with the argument's real point at verse 14, then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee, meaning Job's own arm would have to be his savior if he could do what he is asking God to answer for.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Scatter the proud in thy wrath. 9. Thou understandest, As I, Who in the season of tranquillity bear with them united against Me, and when I come at last with severity, I scatter them in My wrath. But we must carefully observe on these subjects, that a grievous error of misbelief is admitted, if any one perchance thinks, that in that Substance of the Godhead, wrath and tranquillity are variable. For the Creator of all is supremely immortal, in that He is not changeable, like a creature.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Bedeck yourself Heb. עדה, an expression of an ornament (עדי) and decoration.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָ֭פֵץ | hafetz | scatter | H6327 → | 67 times |
| עֶבְר֣וֹת | evrot | [the] furi<es> of | H5678 → | |
| אַפֶּ֑ךָ | ʾapekha | anger your | H639 → | 276 times |
| וּרְאֵ֥ה | ureeh | and see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גֵּ֝אֶ֗ה | geeh | proud [person] | H1343 → | |
| וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ | vehashpilehu | and bring low him | H8213 → |
הָ֭פֵץscatter
hafetzH6327 →67 times
עֶבְר֣וֹת[the] furi<es> of
evrotH5678 →
אַפֶּ֑ךָanger your
ʾapekhaH639 →276 times
וּרְאֵ֥הand see
ureehH7200 →1300 times
כָל־every
khol-H3605 →5413 times
גֵּ֝אֶ֗הproud [person]
geehH1343 →
וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃and bring low him
vehashpilehuH8213 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in…
it leads to
- James 4:6–7
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Psalms 33:4–5
For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
- 1 Peter 5:5–6
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Samuel 2:3
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- James 4:6–7
Through
Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Jeremiah 10:10
Through
Psalms 144:6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:23
Through
Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:29–30
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
- Jeremiah 48:29–30
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXII and Origen of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS ON JOB 28.21.