To know one's place
Figuratively: knew what his place was. He did not try to take a higher position.
("God understood her way, and he knew her place" - Job 28:23)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָדַע אֶת מְקוֹמוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יָדַע מָה מַעֲמָדוֹ. לֹא נִיסָּה לִתְפֹּוס מַעֲמָד גָּבוֹהַּ יוֹתֵר.
("אֱלֹהִים הֵבִין דַּרְכָּהּ וְהוּא יָדַע אֶת מְקוֹמָהּ"- אִיּוֹב כֹּחַ כג)