Job 4:18

put no trust. putteth no faith in. Hebrew. 'aman. App-69. Compare Job 15:15; Job 15:31.

servants. messengers (Psalms 104:4).

charged. will charge.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants - These are evidently the words of the oracle that appeared to Eliphaz; see Schultens, in loc. The word s...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his (m) angels he charged with folly: (m) If God finds imperfection in his angels when they are not mai...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This is what the vision said. Translate as mg.: Shall mortal man be just before God, shall a man be pure before his maker? Even the angels are fall...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He put no trust ] because of their imperfections. Servants ] attendant angels.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. T...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) В¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. (13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sle...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, he put no trust in his servants ,.... Some think the divine oracle or revelation ends in Job 4:17 , and that here Eliphaz makes some use an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: Ver. 18. Lo, he put no trust in his servants, &c. ] Those menia...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. For it deserves thy serious consideration. These and the following words seem to be the words of Eliphaz, explaining the former vis...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ). fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁸ Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Related Commentaries of Job 4:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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