KJV King James Version
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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Job 4:18
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
WEB World English Bible
Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.’
Surrounding context — Job 4
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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].
21 Doth not their excellency [which is] in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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Job 25:5-6Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.2 Peter 2:4For 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 1:6And 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.Job 15:15-16Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.Psalm 104:4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:Isaiah 6:2-3Above 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.Psalm 103:20-21Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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