Job 18:4
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Cross References
Job 5:2For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 14:18And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
Job 40:8Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
Ezekiel 9:9Then said He 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 wresting of judgment; for they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD seeth not.
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 →