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“How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk. 3Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place? 5“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. 6The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.

Job 18:4 word by word

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

• you who tearטָרַףţâraph · to tearH2963
• yourselfנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• in your angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• For your sakeמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• is the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to be abandonedעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• Or the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• to be movedעָתַק‛âthaq · to proceedH6275
• from its placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Job 18:4

• Job 5:2For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
• Job 13:14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?
• Job 16:9His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.
• Jonah 4:9Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”
• Mark 9:18and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it.”
• Luke 9:39and a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves.
• Job 40:8Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Job 14:18“But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
• Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” 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