Job 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
5Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Cross References
Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 14:18And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of its place.
Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Ezekiel 9:9Then said he to 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 perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Luke 9:39And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth, and bruising him, hardly departeth from 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 →