Job 4:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תָּהֳלָֽה׃

Transliteration

Behold, hēn in ba-ʿăbādāyw not lōʾ yaʾămîn and in û-bə-malʾāḵāyw yāśîm tāhŏlāh

Grammar Details

*hēn*: interjection - behold/look
*ba-ʿăbādāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his servants
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaʾămîn*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he trusts
*û-bə-malʾāḵāyw*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and in his angels/messengers
*yāśîm*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he places/puts
*tāhŏlāh*: noun, feminine singular - error/folly

Word Meanings

*ʿăbādāyw*: his servants/slaves/workers
*yaʾămîn*: to trust/believe/have confidence in
*malʾāḵāyw*: his angels/messengers
*yāśîm*: to place/put/set
*tāhŏlāh*: error/folly/fault

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 25:5-6 : 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For 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 1:6 : 6 And 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 15:15-16 : 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Ps 103:20-21 : 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Ps 104:4 : 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Isa 6:2-3 : 2 Above 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. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

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