Job 18:4
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
Cross References
Job 5:2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Job 14:18And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
Job 40:8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Ezekiel 9:9And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.
Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
Luke 9:39and behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it tears him with foaming, and with difficulty departs from him after crushing him.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →