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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?

Context of Job 18:4

2"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. 6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

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 5:2Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
• Job 13:14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?
• Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
• Jonah 4:9But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."
• Mark 9:18And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able."
• Luke 9:39And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
• Job 40:8Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
• Ezekiel 9:9Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.'
• Job 14:18"But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place;
• Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will 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

• Self-Righteousness

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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