Job 20:24

If he fleeth from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall pierce him through.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.

25He draweth the arrow, and it cometh forth from his body; Yea, the glittering steel cometh out of his gall. Terrors are upon him;

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow strike through his liver;—As a bird hasteneth into the snare, And knoweth not that it is laid for its life.

Jeremiah 48:43Terror and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing by the altar; and he said: Smite the capital, so that the thresholds shall tremble! Break them in pieces upon the heads of all of them! And their residue will I slay with the sword. He that fleeth of them shall not flee from danger, And he that escapeth of them shall not escape into safety.

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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