Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
New American Standard Bible
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?
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?
Holman Bible
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
International Standard Version
You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from 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?
Amplified
“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of 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?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
He rent his soul in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed from its place?
King James 2000
He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?
Modern King James verseion
He tears himself in his anger; shall the earth be forsaken for you? And shall the rock be moved out of its place?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
NET Bible
You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
New Heart English Bible
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
The Emphasized Bible
One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, - For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?
Webster
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
World English Bible
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Youngs Literal Translation
(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
3 Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight? 4 Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 13:14
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Job 14:18
But the falling mountain comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.
Job 16:9
He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.
Job 5:2
For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not depart from thee, nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says LORD who has mercy on thee.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, LORD has forsaken the land, and LORD does not see.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
Matthew 24:35
The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words may, no, not pass away.
Mark 9:18
And wherever it seizes him, it tears him, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and becomes limp. And I spoke to thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.
Luke 9:39
And lo, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him with foaming. And it departs from him difficultly, injuring him.