Job 20:24

He will flee from weapons of iron, and he will fall in an arc of brass,

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In The King James Version

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

In Context

23May his stomach be filled, so that God may send forth the fury of his wrath to him and may rain down his battle upon him.

25which had been drawn and had issued forth from its sheath, glittering in its bitterness: the horrible ones will go forth and approach over him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:35teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.

Proverbs 7:23until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.

Jeremiah 48:43Terror and the pit and the snare will overwhelm you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord.

Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing over an altar, and he said: “Strike the hinges, and let the lintels be shaken. For there is avarice at the head of them all, and I will execute the very last of them with the sword. There will be no escape for them. They will flee, and he who flees from among them will not be saved.

Matthew Henry on Job 20:24-29

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;… Read the whole commentary →

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