Job 5:4
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
World English Bible
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In Context
3I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job 10:7Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
Job 27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalms 119:155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they don’t 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 →