Job 18:4

In 11 translations

BSB

You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

He is tearing himself in his anger. Is earth forsaken for your sake? And is a rock removed from its place?

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

GNV

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?

JPS

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

LXXE

Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?

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WLC

טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֗וֹ בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Κέχρηταί σοι ὀργή· τί γὰρ ἐὰν σὺ ἀποθάνῃς, ἀοίκητος ἡ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν; ἢ καταστραφήσεται ὄρη ἐκ θεμελίων;

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• Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
• Job 14:18But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
• Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Job 13:14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
• Luke 9:39A 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.
• Mark 9:18Whenever 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.”
• Isaiah 54:10Though 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.
• Ezekiel 9:9He 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.’
• Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

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