King James Version
Job 18:4 in the King James Version says “He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? h...” — study this verse from Job chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Job 18:4 · KJV
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. candle: or, lamp
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“He teareth”
H2963to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
“himself”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“in his anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“be removed”
H6275to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribe
“for thee and shall the rock”
H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
“out of his place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
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