Job 18:4
One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger,—For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?
5Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,—Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;
Cross References
Job 5:2For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Job 14:18But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:
Job 40:8Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Ezekiel 9:9And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching,—for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land,— and Yahweh doth not see.
Matthew 24:35The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall, in nowise, pass away.
Luke 9:39And lo! a spirit, taketh him, and, suddenly, he crieth out,—and it convulseth him—with foaming, and with difficulty departeth from him, sorely bruising 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 →