JOB 4:18

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Job 4:18 Translation & Meaning

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Behold, הֵ֣ן Lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if Behold
he put no trust יַֽאֲמִ֑ין Properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain put no trust
in his servants; בַּֽ֭עֲבָדָיו A servant servants
and his angels וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) angels
he charged יָשִׂ֥ים To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) charged
with folly: תָּֽהֳלָֽה׃ Braggadocio, i.e., (by implication) fatuity folly

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  • 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?

  • 18  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.




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