Job 4:18

If he doesn't even trust his servants, and he says his angels make mistakes,

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17‘Can anyone be right before God? Can anyone be pure before their Maker?

19how much more does this apply to those who live in these houses made of clay, whose foundations are based on dust, who fall apart like clothing to a moth?

Read all of Job 4

Cross References

Job 25:4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?

Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, you angels, you powerful ones who do what he says, listening to what he tells you!

Isaiah 6:2Seraphim stood above him, and each of them had six wings: They used two wings to cover their faces, two to cover their feet, and two to fly.

Jude 1:6Even those angels that were not content with their God-given positions but abandoned their rightful places—he has placed them in eternal chains of darkness until the great Day of Judgment.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 4:18