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

2‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk. 3You should not think that we are as foolish as cows. You are so angry that you are hurting yourself. You will never change the way that things happen in the world. Your anger will not cause the earth to shake, or any rocks to move from their places. 5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly. 6His tent will be dark. The lamp that gives him light will stop burning.

Job 18:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He tearethטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• himselfנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• in his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• shall the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• be forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• for thee? and shall the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• be removedעָתַק‛âthaq · to proceedH6275
• out of his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Job 18:4

• Job 5:2Foolish people may be angry and jealous. That is what kills them.
• Job 13:14I am ready for my life to be in danger. I must take that risk.
• Job 16:9God attacks me and he punishes me because he is angry. He shows his anger like a wild animal. He has become my enemy.
• Jonah 4:9But God said to Jonah, ‘You are not right to be so angry about the plant.’ Jonah said, ‘I am right to be angry! I am so angry that I want to die.’
• Mark 9:18When the bad spirit takes hold of him, it throws him to the ground. Water comes out of his mouth and he bites his teeth together. Then his body stops moving. I asked your disciples to send the spirit out of him. But they were not able to do it.’
• Luke 9:39Sometimes a bad spirit takes hold of him and then he screams. The spirit throws his body first one way then another and water comes out of his mouth. The spirit gives him a lot of pain and it does not leave him alone very much.
• Job 40:8Do you say that I am not a fair judge? Do you want to show that I am guilty, not you? Then you could say that you are right.
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, ‘The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very great. They murder people everywhere in the land. In the city, nobody does what is right. They say, “The Lord has gone away from our land! The Lord does not see what we are doing!”
• Job 14:18But mountains fall down and they break into pieces, Rocks fall down from their places.
• Isaiah 54:10The mountains may shake to pieces, and the hills may disappear. But I will never take my love away from you. My covenant that brings peace between us will never finish.’ That is what the Lord who is very kind to you says.
• Matthew 24:35One day, the earth and the sky will have an end. But my words will be there for ever.’

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

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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