Job 18:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 18:4 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 18:4 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Job 13:14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
- Job 14:18But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
- Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Mark 9:18Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
- Luke 9:39A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).