Job 5:4
His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, and none shall deliuer them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third generation and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:
Job 4:10The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
Job 10:7Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.
Job 27:14If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.
Psalms 119:155Saluation is farre from the wicked, because they seeke not thy 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 →