Job 18:4 “You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your a…”

Job 18:4

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

Other translations

King James Version

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

World English Bible

You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

American Standard Version

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

Darby Translation

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Young's Literal Translation

(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

Bible in Basic English

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

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Cross references

“teareth”

Job 16:9 Job 5:2 Job 13:14 Jonah 4:9 Mark 9:18 Luke 9:39

Job 16:9 · BSB

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Job 5:2 · BSB

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Job 13:14 · BSB

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Jonah 4:9 · BSB

Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

Mark 9:18 · BSB

Whenever 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 9:39 · BSB

A 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.

“shall the”

Job 40:8 Ezekiel 9:9

Job 40:8 · BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Ezekiel 9:9 · BSB

He 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.’

“the rock”

Job 14:18 Isaiah 54:10 Matthew 24:35

Job 14:18 · BSB

But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

Isaiah 54:10 · BSB

Though 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.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

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