Job 20:24

If he flee from the iron weapon, the brazen bow will strike him through.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23In order to fill his belly, [God] will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.

25He draweth it, and it cometh out of the body; yea, out of his gall the glittering [arrow] cometh forth: over him come the terrors [of death].

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:35He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.

Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow cleaveth through his liver; as a bird hasteneth into the snare, and knoweth not that it is done to take his life.

Jeremiah 48:43Terror, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.

Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the capital, that the sills may quake; and break them in pieces over the head of all of them; and their posterity will I slay with the sword: there shall not flee away from them one that fleeth, and there shall not escape from them one that is 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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