Job 4:18

Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

In Context

17Shall [mortal] man be more just than God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker?

19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

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Cross References

Job 25:4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

Psalms 103:20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Isaiah 6:2Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.

Jude 1:6And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day;

Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →

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