Job 5:4
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your 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 →