Job 4:18

16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

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

    Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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  • Jude 1:6

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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  • Job 15:15–16

    Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

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  • Psalms 104:4

    Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

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  • Psalms 103:20–21

    Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

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