Job 4:18 · KJV
“Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}”
— Job 4:18
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
Job 4 — Context
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}, {there...: or, I heard a still voice}
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: {and his...: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light}
19How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}
Cross References
Job 25:5-6
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
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;
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. {first estate: or, principality}
Job 15:15-16
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
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. {that excel...: Heb. mighty in strength}
Psalms 104:4
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Isaiah 6:2-3
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.