Job 40:12

Look on everyone that is proud, and bring him low,.... As the Lord often does; see Isa 2:11; this is the same as before;

and tread down the wicked in their place; the same with the proud, for pride…

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…

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the…

in their place That is, where they stand; suddenly and on the spot, comp. ch. Job 34:26.