Job 4:18

What does Job 4:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 4:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Behold, they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

Context

v.17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

v.18This passage

v.19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jude 1:6

    And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • Job 25:5

    Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

  • 2 Peter 2:4

    For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Job 15:15

    Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

  • Isaiah 6:2

    Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

  • Psalms 104:4

    Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;

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