Job 20:24

He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.

25One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him [are] terrors.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:35Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,

Proverbs 7:23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.

Jeremiah 48:43Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for thee, O inhabitant of Moab — an affirmation of Jehovah,

Amos 9:1I have seen the Lord standing by the altar, and He saith: 'Smite the knob, and the thresholds shake, And cut them off by the head — all of them, And their posterity with a sword I do slay, Not flee to them doth the fleer, Nor escape to them doth a fugitive.

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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