Isaiah 2:12

2:12 Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, ¹ 

for ²  all the high and mighty,

for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

Isaiah 13:11

13:11 ³ I will punish the world for its evil, ⁴ 

and wicked people for their sin.

I will put an end to the pride of the insolent,

I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants. ⁵ 

Isaiah 14:13

14:13 You said to yourself, ⁶ 

“I will climb up to the sky.

Above the stars of El ⁷ 

I will set up my throne.

I will rule on the mountain of assembly

on the remote slopes of Zaphon. ⁸ 

Isaiah 25:11

25:11 Moab ⁹  will spread out its hands in the middle of it, ¹⁰ 

just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim;

the Lord ¹¹  will bring down Moab’s ¹²  pride as it spreads its hands. ¹³ 

Job 40:11-13

40:11 Scatter abroad ¹⁴  the abundance ¹⁵  of your anger.

Look at every proud man ¹⁶  and bring him low;

40:12 Look at every proud man and abase him;

crush the wicked on the spot! ¹⁷ 

40:13 Hide them in the dust ¹⁸  together,

imprison ¹⁹  them ²⁰  in the grave. ²¹ 

[2:12]  ¹ tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] has a day.”

[2:12]  ² tn Or “against” (NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[13:11]  ³ sn The Lord is definitely speaking (again?) at this point. See the note at v. 4.

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Or “I will bring disaster on the world.” Hebrew רָעָה (ra’ah) could refer to the judgment (i.e., disaster, calamity) or to the evil that prompts it. The structure of the parallel line favors the latter interpretation.

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “the violent”; cf. NASB, NIV “the ruthless.”

[14:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”

[14:13]  ⁷ sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.

[14:13]  ⁸ sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.

[25:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:11]  ¹⁰ tn The antecedent of the third masculine singular pronominal suffix is probably the masculine noun מַתְבֵּן (matben, “heap of straw”) in v. 10 rather than the feminine noun מַדְמֵנָה (madmenah, “manure pile”), also in v. 10.

[25:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:11]  ¹² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:11]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has, “he will bring down his pride along with the [?] of his hands.” The meaning of אָרְבּוֹת (’arbot), which occurs only here in the OT, is unknown. Some (see BDB 70 s.v. אָרְבָּה) translate “artifice, cleverness,” relating the form to the verbal root אָרָב (’arav, “to lie in wait, ambush”), but this requires some convoluted semantic reasoning. HALOT 83 s.v. *אָרְבָּה suggests the meaning “[nimble] movements.” The translation above, which attempts to relate the form to the preceding context, is purely speculative.

[40:11]  ¹⁴ tn The verb was used for scattering lightning (Job 37:11). God is challenging Job to unleash his power and judge wickedness in the world.

[40:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the overflowings.”

[40:11]  ¹⁶ tn The word was just used in the positive sense of excellence or majesty; now the exalted nature of the person refers to self-exaltation, or pride.

[40:12]  ¹⁷ tn The expression translated “on the spot” is the prepositional phrase תַּחְתָּם (takhtam, “under them”). “Under them” means in their place. But it can also mean “where someone stands, on the spot” (see Exod 16:29; Jos 6:5; Judg 7:21, etc.).

[40:13]  ¹⁸ tn The word “dust” can mean “ground” here, or more likely, “grave.”

[40:13]  ¹⁹ tn The verb חָבַשׁ (khavash) means “to bind.” In Arabic the word means “to bind” in the sense of “to imprison,” and that fits here.

[40:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “their faces.”

[40:13]  ²¹ tn The word is “secret place,” the place where he is to hide them, i.e., the grave. The text uses the word “secret place” as a metonymy for the grave.