Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
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In Context
3I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job 10:7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:2-6
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. A very… Read the whole commentary →