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 until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk. 3Why are we regarded as beasts, and stupid in your eyes? You, who tear yourself to pieces in anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or must a rock be moved from its place? 5Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire does not shine. 6The light in his tent grows dark; the lamp above him goes 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 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Job 13:14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and take my life in my hands?
• Job 16:9His anger has torn and tormented me; He gnashes at me with his teeth; my enemy looks at me with daggers in his eyes.
• Jonah 4:9Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good for you to be so angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said, “I am angry enough to die!”
• Mark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t!”
• Luke 9:39You see, a spirit takes hold of him, and he immediately screams. It throws him into convulsions with frothing. It hardly ever leaves him—it’s crushing him!
• Job 40:8“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Ezekiel 9:9He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Adonai has forsaken the land, Adonai does not see!’
• Job 14:18“Yet as a mountain falls away and crumbles and a rock is moved from its place,
• Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains depart and the hills be shaken, My love will not depart from you, nor will My covenant of peace be shaken, says Adonai who has compassion on you.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never 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