New Living Translation
Job 4:18
18“If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness,
Job 4:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
- New International Version (NIV)If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error;
- New King James Version (NKJV)If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error,
Context of Job 4:18
16The spirit stopped, but I couldn’t see its shape. There was a form before my eyes. In the silence I heard a voice say, 17‘Can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone be pure before the Creator?’ “If God does not trust his own angels and has charged his messengers with foolishness, 19how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth. 20They are alive in the morning but dead by evening, gone forever without a trace.
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הֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תָּהֳלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 4:18
- Job 15:15Look, God does not even trust the angels. Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.
- Job 25:5God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars.
- Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.
- Psalms 104:4The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.
- Isaiah 6:2Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
- 2 Peter 2:4For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.
- Jude 1:6And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.
Commentaries on Job 4:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants - This verse is generally understood to refer to the fall of angels; for there were some of those heavenly beings who kept not their first estate: they did not persevere to the end of their probation, and therefore fell into condemnation, and are reserved in chains of darkness unto the judgment of the great day; Judges 1:6. It is said he put no trust in them - he knew that nothing could be absolutely immutable but…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Behold, he put no trust in his servants - These are evidently the words of the oracle that appeared to Eliphaz; see Schultens, in loc. The word servants here refers to angels; and the idea is, that God was so pure that he did not confide even in the exalted holiness of angels - meaning that their holiness was infinitely inferior to his. The design is to state that God had the highest possible holiness, such as to render the holiness of all others, no…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts, and are still, Psa 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear. Ever since man sinned, it has been terrible to him to receive communications from Heaven, conscious that he can expect no good tidings thence. Sinful man! shall he pretend to be more just, more pure, than God, who being his Maker, is his Lord and Owner?…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-21The idea that God does not trust His servants and charges His angels with error is unique (but see Genesis 6:1–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. folly--Imperfection is to be attributed to the angels, in comparison with Him. The holiness of some of them had given way (2Pe 2:4), and at best is but the holiness of a creature. Folly is the want of moral consideration [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- 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
- EGW Writings
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