Job 18:4
Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?
5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
Cross References
Job 5:2Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.
Job 14:18And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Ezekiel 9:9Then saide he vnto me, The iniquitie of the house of Israel, and Iudah is exceeding great, so that the lande is full of blood, and the citie full of corrupt iudgement: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth vs not.
Matthew 24:35Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe away.
Luke 9:39And loe, a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth, and he teareth him, that he fometh, and hardly departeth from him, when he hath bruised him.
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 →