Job 5:4
His sons are never safe; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
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In Context
3I have seen a fool growing strong, but I immediately cursed his house.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You must not bow down before them or worship them; for I am the Lord your God and I am passionately exclusive. I lay the consequences of the sin of those who hate me on their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons;
Job 4:10Lions may roar and growl, but their teeth still break.
Job 10:7Even though you know I'm not guilty, no one can save me from you.
Job 27:14even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths or die of starvation.
Psalms 109:9May his children be left fatherless, and his wife become a widow.
Psalms 119:155Wicked people can't be saved, because they don't care about what you say.
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 →