Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;
Job 4:10The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 10:7Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; 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 have bread enough.
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 →