Job 4:18
16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
19 how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
- KJV
- Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
- WEB
- Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
- ASV
- Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
- DARBY
- Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
- BLB
- Behold, in His servants He does not trust, and His angels He charges with error;
- ÅB
- Se, på sine tjenere stoler han ikke, og hos sine engler finner han feil[^1],
- OTB
- Han setter ikke engang sin lit til sine tjenere,
og han anklager sine engler for feil. - B1930
- Se, på sine tjenere stoler han ikke, og hos sine engler finner han feil, / < d.e. ufullkommenhet.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 25:5–6
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Read in context2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Read in contextJude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
Read in contextJob 15:15–16
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Read in contextPsalms 104:4
He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Read in contextPsalms 103:20–21
Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
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