Job 4:18

Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?

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

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Cross References

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

Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, ye angels of His, ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word, hearkening unto the voice of His word.

Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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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