Job 5:4

יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

In Context

3אֲ‍ֽנִי ־ רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם ׃

5אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל ־ מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5לֹֽא ־ תִשְׁתַּחְוֶה לָהֶם וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם כִּי אָֽנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵל קַנָּא פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבֹת עַל ־ בָּנִים עַל ־ שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל ־ רִבֵּעִים לְשֹׂנְאָֽי ׃

Job 4:10שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ ׃

Job 10:7עַֽל ־ דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי ־ לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּֽיל ׃

Job 27:14אִם ־ יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ ־ חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ ־ לָֽחֶם ׃

Psalms 109:9יִֽהְיוּ ־ בָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָֽה ׃

Psalms 119:155רָחוֹק מֵרְשָׁעִים יְשׁוּעָה כִּֽי ־ חֻקֶּיךָ לֹא דָרָֽשׁוּ ׃

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 →

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