Job 18:4

Job 18:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
• New International Version (NIV)You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
• English Standard Version (ESV)You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
• New King James Version (NKJV)You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

Context of Job 18:4

2How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight? Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? 5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

Job 18:4 word by word

טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֗וֹ בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Job 18:4

• Job 5:2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
• Job 13:14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
• Job 16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
• Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
• Mark 9:18and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.
• Luke 9:39and behold, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him sorely.
• Job 40:8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
• Ezekiel 9:9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
• Job 14:18But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
• Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Commentaries on Job 18:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He teareth himself in his anger - Literally, Rending his own soul in his anger; as if he had said, Thou art a madman: thy fury has such a sway over thee that thou eatest thy own flesh. While thou treatest us as beasts, we see thee to be a furious maniac, destroying thy own life. Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? - To say the least, afflictions are the common lot of men. Must God work a miracle in providence, in order to exempt thee from the operation…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4He teareth himself - More correctly, “thou that tearest thyself in anger!” It is not an affirmation about Job, but it is a direct address to him. The meaning is, that he was in the paryoxysms of a violent rage; he acted like a madman. Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? - A reproof of his pride and arrogance. “Shall everything be made to give way for you? Are you the only man in the world and of so much importance, that the earth is to be made vacant…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Rather, turning to Job, "thou that tearest thyself in anger" (Job 5:2). be forsaken?--become desolate. He alludes here to Job's words as to the "rock," crumbling away (Job 14:18, 19); but in a different application. He says bitterly "for thee." Wert thou not punished as thou art, and as thou art unwilling to bear, the eternal order of the universe would be disturbed and the earth become desolate through unavenged wickedness [Umbreit]. Bildad takes it…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:4

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Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary