Job 5:4
His children are far from safety; 1 they are crushed in the city gate. 1 There is no one to rescue them. 1
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3I have seen a foolish person taking root, 1 but suddenly I cursed his home. 1
Cross References
Exodus 20:5You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the descendants, to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, 1 the teeth of the young lions—they are broken. 1
Job 10:7although you know I am not guilty 1 and there is no one who can rescue me from your hand? 1
Job 27:14If his children multiply, it is for the sword; 1 his offspring will never have enough food. 1
Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless, 1 and may his wife be a widow. 1
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked, 1 for they do not love your statutes. 1
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 →