Job 4:18

Whereas he trusts not in his servants, 1 And perceives perverseness in his angels. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? 1 Or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 1

19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1

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Cross References

Job 25:4For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? 1 Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself? 1

Psalms 103:20Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; 1 In it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: 1

Isaiah 6:2And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

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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