What does Job 4:18 mean?

Job 4:18 highlights themes such as trust, divine authority, angels when read in context.

How should I apply Job 4:18 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

16It 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,

17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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

19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

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Matthew 25:41
Both verses address the role of angels in relation to God's judgment.